NASA Receives White House Order to Develop Lunar Time Standard
Activity on and around the Moon is expected to intensify in the coming years, leading Washington to call for the establishment of "Coordinated Lunar Time."
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Activity on and around the Moon is expected to intensify in the coming years, leading Washington to call for the establishment of "Coordinated Lunar Time."
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The current record holder is the optical clock hosted by the University of Colorado in Boulder. It was developed by a group led by Chinese-American physicist Jun Ye.
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