Time scales and civil time

Terrestrial TimeTT

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Terrestrial Time (TT) is a theoretical, uniformly running time scale used as a reference for ephemerides and astronomical events. It is tied to atomic time TAI by a fixed offset: TT = TAI + 32.184 seconds.

TT replaces the older Ephemeris Time and is independent of the irregular rotation of the Earth.

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