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"A shared definition of time is an important part of safe, resilient, and sustainable operations."

The researchers at NASA want to use atomic clocks to tell the time on the Moon, in the same way they're used on Earth. These clocks are based on the energy frequency required for electrons to change state in specific types of atoms, allowing us to keep track of time to an incredibly precise degree.

There's a problem though: Gravitational differences between Earth and the Moon equate to differences in the length of each second, meaning timepieces on the lunar surface will gain about 56 microseconds per day on the terrestrial ones.

"For something traveling at the speed of light, 56 microseconds is enough time to travel the distance of approximately 168 football fields."

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Ah yes, 168 football fields. What a useful method of measurement.

[–] lkdm 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Approximately 168 football fields. Approximately precise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Especially as one can rarely find American "football" fields in the civilized world. Funny that a site with "science" in its name is incapable of using normal (scientific!) metric units.