Gregory's ServerThere's been a bit of discussion recently around the potential development of a 'Lunar Timezone', in response to a new era of exploration and growth around our celestial companion.
I certainly think we need to cut the terrestrial umbilical cord of timekeeping away from Earth (this is hard) as we step out into the Solar System (be that humans or robots), but I am thinking bigger.
Instead of just a Lunar time zone, how can we build scalability and universality?
One time system to rule them all.
Thankfully, nature has given us just the tools ..... PULSARS.
My latest feature article for #SpaceAustralia on building a Galactic timekeeping system using pulsars.
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/breaking-free-shackles-terrestrial-time
#RadioAstronomy #Pulsars #Navigation #Timing #Positioning #TimeKeeping #Astrodon
@CosmicRami certainly makes a lot of sense. The UTC timezone is related to the tropical year on earth, so would not be easy to measure for an observer who is not on the Earth.
Are pulsars stable enough over a long time frame? My thoughts would be that there is a risk that the rotation speed would vary if there is any mass accretion