Ballot Details
| Title | Time Intervals and Time Scales | ||||||
| Description | The charter of the ITU will be reviewed at the forthcoming World Radio Council (Feb 2012). The ITU may have to relinquish responsibility for the definition of the UTC time scale, leaving no normative authority. The atomic second based on frequencies of radiation of hyperfine energy transitions of the Cesium 133 atom is the de-facto international standard time interval. Universal Coordinated Time is the de-facto civil time scale world wide. However, space missions and many other applications require time scales and intervals relative to the dynamics of the solar system, the galaxy, and the Universe. It is absolutely essential that: • time scales and time intervals required for space missions and civil time scales and intervals be well correlated so that each can be realized in practice • the diverse varieties of time scales and time intervals be clearly distinguishable from each other • normative guidance be developed for accommodating the distinctions in analysis and operations. This effort will address these requirements. The objective is to achieve world-wide stakeholder consensus in these critical issues. Through consensus, those most affected can assess the significance of the leap second for correlation of astronomical and civil time scales, assess impacts of that consensus on existing operations and systems, and assure adequate operational processes for realizing appropriate time scales in appropriate time intervals. |
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| Opening Date | Saturday, 25 June 2011 @ 1:00 pm PDT | ||||||
| Closing Date | Friday, 15 July 2011 @ 1:00 pm PDT | ||||||
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Referenced Items
| Name | Type | Date | |
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 Normative Requirements for Time and Time Scales - Concept Paper |
Document | 2011-05-31 | |
| Time - Form 4 |
Document | 2011-05-31 |
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