• The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), formerly the International Earth Rotation Service, is the body responsible for maintaining...
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    months in advance in "Bulletin C" produced by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service. The leap seconds cannot be predicted far in advance...
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    abandoned IERS Earth Orientation Center: Earth rotation data and interactive analysis International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) If...
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    Earth-fixed (ECEF) reference frames. The ITRS and ITRF solutions are maintained by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). Practical...
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    International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). It passes about 5.3 arcseconds east of George Biddell Airy's 1851 transit circle, and thus it...
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  • International Celestial Reference System and Frame (Technical report). Frankfurt am Main: International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS)...
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    day. Earth's rotation period relative to the fixed stars, called its stellar day by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS)...
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    motion of the Earth is the motion of the Earth's rotational axis relative to its crust.: 1  This is measured with respect to a reference frame in which...
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    University Press. ISBN 0-521-63280-3. "Earth Rotation Angle". International Earth Rotation and Reference System Service. 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018. Explanatory...
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  • also works for the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service. In recognition of his work on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation...
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  • taken over by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). The creation...
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    to denote the Earth's prime meridian (0° longitude) by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, which defines and maintains the...
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    The International GNSS Service (IGS) International Global Navigation Satellite Systems Society Inc (IGNSS) International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems...
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    no. 36: General definitions and numerical standards (Report). International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service. Archived (PDF) from the original...
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    Leap second (category Articles needing additional references from December 2023)
    in advance by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), to ensure that the difference between the UTC and UT1 readings will...
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  • Observatory and HM Nautical Almanac Office. Besides the IAU list of units and constants, also the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service defines...
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    the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), which replaced the International Polar Motion Service and the earth-rotation section...
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  • from a measure of the Earth's angle with respect to the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF), called the Earth Rotation Angle (ERA, which serves...
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    ever-changing orientation of the Earth in space are available from the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service. Examples include: J2000: One...
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    introduction of improved transportation and communications systems in the 20th century that the question of an International Date Line truly became a question...
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  • Day length fluctuations (category Earth)
    interactions between the dynamic atmosphere and Earth itself. The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service monitors the changes. In the absence...
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    of Earth's North and South Poles". Scientific American. Retrieved 6 January 2019. "Polar motion". International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service...
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  • Day (category Articles needing additional references from May 2023)
    announced in advance by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), which measures the Earth's rotation and determines whether a leap...
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    time and solar time. Its measurement by several observatories is coordinated by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS)...
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    as ΔT. Recent values can be obtained from the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). A table of the actual length of the day...
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  • and numerical standards. International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service. For complete document see Gérard Petit and Brian Luzum, ed. (2010)...
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    Greenwich Mean Time (category Articles needing additional references from June 2025)
    General. 1971. (Irish statute) International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service The original BBC World Service GMT time signal in MP3 format...
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    such frame is WGS84, as well as frames by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). GNSS receivers have almost completely...
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    In the same period it appears in other records and lists of ships stores. The earliest recorded reference that can be said with certainty to refer to a...
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    Kellogg Edey Allan variance Clock drift International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service Time and Frequency Standards Laboratory Time deviation...
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