atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKftrendy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoLove the modified Julian date. You’ll also find some satellite-based astronomers measuring their observations in kiloseconds (I think Hubble does it in orbits but most of the X-ray satellites use kiloseconds).
Love the modified Julian date. You’ll also find some satellite-based astronomers measuring their observations in kiloseconds (I think Hubble does it in orbits but most of the X-ray satellites use kiloseconds).