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Reproducing the universal time scale from astro-optical and satellite data

  • Fundamental Aspects of Metrology
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The authors discuss reproducing the universal time scale UT1 by the joint use of two types of measurement: satellite and traditional astro-optic ones, with the first in essence providing high accuracy and resolving power and the second long-time stability in the systematic error.

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  1. G. I. Epikhina
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  2. M. B. Kaufman
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Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 3, pp. 3–5, March, 1994

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Epikhina, G.I., Kaufman, M.B. Reproducing the universal time scale from astro-optical and satellite data. Meas Tech 37, 235–238 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02614256

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