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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">No, the real problem with the leap
second is that it isn't predictable. Sometimes the observations
make you require one, sometimes not, and there isn't a reliable
way to predict this.<br>
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Maybe a slightly longer second would lower the number of leap
seconds needed but it would not eliminate it. Then what would be
the point of going through such pain if the problem isn't fixed? <br>
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On 08/08/2014 5:34 PM, Lester Caine wrote:<br>
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No, it's the length of the earth day that is changing over time as
earth's rotation slows due to natural forces.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-in-the-jurassic-era-an-earth-day-may-have-been-only-23-hours-long/2013/09/23/a75c548a-f2dc-11e2-ae43-b31dc363c3bf_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-in-the-jurassic-era-an-earth-day-may-have-been-only-23-hours-long/2013/09/23/a75c548a-f2dc-11e2-ae43-b31dc363c3bf_story.html</a>
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Long term yes. Shorter term, say next 100 years, a small increase in
period of a second would be a suitable alternative to the 'problem' of
leap seconds ...
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