• DocumentCode
    1347481
  • Title

    Fine-tuning time in the space age

  • Author

    Allan, David W. ; Ashby, Neil ; Hodge, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Allan´´s Time Inc., Fountain Green, UT, USA
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    The precise knowledge of the correct time on which much of modern society depends relies on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), distributed by the satellites of the Global Positioning System. This paper describes how UTC is but just the latest step in the long evolution of time standards.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; artificial satellites; atomic clocks; measurement standards; time measurement; Coordinated Universal Time; Global Positioning System; atomic clocks; satellites; time standards; Global Positioning System; Satellites;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1998.663757
  • Filename
    663757
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1347481