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minus-squarelnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoWill your lunar server have the UTC or LTC clock? I’m trying to understand the use case. Day + night on the Luna have length of ~ 30 days.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoTime moves at a different speed due to the moon’s reduced gravity. It’s not just the length of a day.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI’d assume that’s already a bigger problem for satellites in geostationary orbit then?
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoYes, but at least there they still use “Earth time”, just slowed down. For the moon it gets a little bit more complicated I guess.
Will your lunar server have the UTC or LTC clock?
I’m trying to understand the use case.
Day + night on the Luna have length of ~ 30 days.
Time moves at a different speed due to the moon’s reduced gravity. It’s not just the length of a day.
I’d assume that’s already a bigger problem for satellites in geostationary orbit then?
Yes, but at least there they still use “Earth time”, just slowed down. For the moon it gets a little bit more complicated I guess.