Knowledge (XXG)

:Featured picture candidates/Leapsecond.ut1-utc - Knowledge (XXG)

Source 📝

34: 79:. It's in SVG, looks good, and demonstrates the concept, but I don't think it's the best Knowledge (XXG) has to offer. I also don't like the very short "predicted" segment at the end. It should either have a relatively long predicted segment, or none at all. This type of graph will have to be updated every year or so to remain accurate. -- 113:
As an idea for a different graph, I'd like to see a cumulative chart of measured deviation from 0 leapseconds, with a second jagged line representing the official UTC time (including the effects of leapseconds). This one just looks like a jittery line, and makes it hard to grasp the actual variance
153:
Nothing really wrong as a matter of fact. But it is a common practise in scientific graphs to use "round" numbers whenever possible or adequate, with the aim of facilitating reading and interpretation. It is also a common practise to extend the ordinate axis a little beyond the extreme values, I
172:
I apologize if this is in the wrong place or I'm doing this wrong, I'm new to editing...But is there a possibility someone could point me to a graph of all the data since 73? I'd be curious to see, in a plain and simple graph, if there are any patterns or trends there.
43:
Graph showing the difference between UTC (based on an atomic clock with leap seconds) and UT1 (based on the movement of the Earth). This graph illustrates the effect of leap seconds, along with why there have been so few leap seconds in the past several years.
223: 203: 17: 39:
Vertical segments correspond to leap seconds. Red part of graph was prediction (future values) at the time the file was made.
209: 167: 158: 148: 139: 127: 105: 87: 71: 52: 193: 102: 198: 123: 119: 174: 189: 155: 145: 136: 135:. Ordinary science graph. The maximum value of the ordinate axis should be 1.0, not 0.8. -- 115: 163:
Leap seconds are intended so that the difference never goes beyond +/- 0.9 seconds. --
217: 33: 164: 68: 48: 81: 56: 144:
Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with the value 0.8? -
97:. Yeah I guess it's encyclopedic, but it's certainly not 37:Plot showing the difference UT1−UTC in seconds. 8: 18:Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates 32: 7: 154:believe for aesthetical reasons. - 224:Ended featured picture nominations 24: 1: 210:16:21, 22 October 2006 (UTC) 168:12:57, 20 October 2006 (UTC) 159:10:30, 20 October 2006 (UTC) 149:07:52, 20 October 2006 (UTC) 140:20:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC) 128:09:01, 16 October 2006 (UTC) 106:23:44, 14 October 2006 (UTC) 88:17:40, 14 October 2006 (UTC) 72:16:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC) 240: 177:10:36, 01 April 2007 (EST) 53:Coordinated Universal Time 40: 36: 101:, or at least mine. 99:pleasing to the eye 41: 28:Leapsecond.ut1-utc 231: 206: 201: 196: 146:Adrian Pingstone 84: 239: 238: 234: 233: 232: 230: 229: 228: 214: 213: 204: 199: 194: 82: 31: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 237: 235: 227: 226: 216: 215: 184:Not promoted 181: 180: 179: 178: 170: 161: 151: 130: 108: 91: 90: 74: 38: 30: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 236: 225: 222: 221: 219: 212: 211: 208: 207: 202: 197: 192: 191: 185: 176: 171: 169: 166: 162: 160: 157: 152: 150: 147: 143: 142: 141: 138: 134: 131: 129: 125: 121: 117: 112: 109: 107: 104: 100: 96: 93: 92: 89: 86: 85: 78: 75: 73: 70: 66: 63:Nominate and 62: 61: 60: 58: 54: 50: 45: 35: 29: 26: 19: 188: 187: 183: 182: 132: 110: 98: 94: 80: 76: 64: 46: 42: 27: 156:Alvesgaspar 137:Alvesgaspar 114:over time. 77:Weak oppose 49:Leap second 116:Night Gyr 218:Category 47:Used in 190:Nautica 175:Curious 111:Comment 65:support 165:Billpg 133:Oppose 103:Robert 95:Oppose 69:Billpg 16:< 195:Shad 120:talk 83:Tewy 67:. - 57:DUT1 55:and 220:: 186:-- 173:-- 126:) 124:Oy 59:. 51:, 205:s 200:e 122:/ 118:(

Index

Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates
Leapsecond.ut1-utc

Leap second
Coordinated Universal Time
DUT1
Billpg
16:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Tewy
17:40, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Robert
23:44, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Night Gyr
talk
Oy
09:01, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Alvesgaspar
20:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Adrian Pingstone
07:52, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Alvesgaspar
10:30, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Billpg
12:57, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Curious
Nautica
Shad
e
s
16:21, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.