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Coordinate time

Coordinate time is the time label of a reference system, not a reading of any physical clock. TCB, TCG and TCL are coordinate times. Realizing them requires converting the proper time of real clocks.

Contrasted with
Proper time

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All thirty entries are in the glossary of lunar timekeeping.

Where it appears

Primary documents that use the term.

  • IAU 2024 Resolution III: a coordinated lunar time [1]Official

Articles on this site that use the term.

Sources

  1. Resolution on the establishment of a coordinated lunar time standard by international agreement — International Astronomical Union, Commission A3 — XXXII General Assembly, . Official document. Verified .
  2. Lunar reference timescale — A Bourgoin, P Defraigne, F Meynadier — Metrologia 63(1) 015003, . Peer-reviewed. Verified .

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