Traceability

Traceability is an unbroken chain of comparisons that ties a measurement to a stated reference. It is the first requirement the 2024 United States memorandum places on a celestial time standard, and the CGPM draft resolution on lunar time names it in its title.

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All thirty entries are in the glossary of lunar timekeeping.

Where it appears

Primary documents that use the term.

  • OSTP Celestial Time Standardization memo (2024) [1]Official
  • CGPM 2026 Draft Resolution D on lunar time [2]Official

Sources

  1. Policy on Celestial Time Standardization — White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, . Official document. Verified .
  2. Convocation of the 28th meeting of the CGPM (O/Ref AK-CFA-2026-1001) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures / CIPM, . Official document. Verified .

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