Comment on NASA to Develop Lunar Time Standard for Exploration Initiatives
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 month agoTime moves at a different speed due to the moon’s reduced gravity. It’s not just the length of a day.
Comment on NASA to Develop Lunar Time Standard for Exploration Initiatives
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 month agoTime moves at a different speed due to the moon’s reduced gravity. It’s not just the length of a day.
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I’d assume that’s already a bigger problem for satellites in geostationary orbit then?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 month ago
Yes, but at least there they still use “Earth time”, just slowed down. For the moon it gets a little bit more complicated I guess.