Re: Extra leap seconds due to earthquake?

From: Sam Wormley (swormley1_at_mchsi.com)
Date: 12/29/04


Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:31:18 GMT

Ian Strachan wrote:
> There was a report in a UK newspaper today that the tragic undersea
> earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused the earth to wobble a bit and slow
> its rotation.
>
> This may just be journalistic exaggeration, of course. However, if it
> has a grain of truth, are there implications for the
> internationally-agreed extra leap second or seconds that are sometimes
> added to UTC at midnight on 31 December or 30 June?
>
> On the GPS front, I think that GPS internal system time (UTC as at
> January 1980 when GPS first came on line with a reduced number of
> satellites) is now 13 seconds ahead of today's UTC, but of course time
> corrections are automatically made so that receivers display the correct
> UTC and not one 13 seconds different.
>
> Anyway, any news on when the next leap second will be added?
>

Innovation: GPS and Leap Seconds, Time to Change?,
GPS World, Nov 1999 (updated 29 December 2004 by S. Wormley)

    UTC GPS TAI TT (TDT)
----+---------+-----------------+--------------------------+-----
     | | | ET 1984.0
     |<--32s Leap Seconds------->|<-----32.184S fixed------>|
     | | | |
     |<--13s-->|<----19s-------->| |
     | fixed |
     | |
                                                            |
---+------- DeltaT = 32.184 s + (TAI-UTC) - (UT1-UTC) -----+-----
     UT1 (UT) 64.687 s 32 s -0.503 s TT (TDT)

UTC is variable with respect to UT1 and is kept within ±0.9s
with leap seconds.

The differences between GPS Time and International Atomic Time (TAI)
and Terrestrial Time (TT), also know as Terrestrial Dynaminal Time
(TDT), are constant at at the level of some tens of nanoseconds while
the difference between GPS Time and UTC changes in increments of
seconds, each time a leap second is added to UTC time scale.

The IERS Bulletin A is updated weekly (on Thursday) is the recent
earthquakes have much effect there will be a noticeable effect at
the millisecond level. We can compare this table from 23 December 2004
with the new on which will be available on 30 December 2004

Ref: ftp://maia.usno.navy.mil/ser7/ser7.dat

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       23 December 2004 Vol. XVII No. 051
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       GENERAL INFORMATION:
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          MJD = Julian Date - 2 400 000.5 days
          UT2-UT1 = 0.022 sin(2*pi*T) - 0.012 cos(2*pi*T)
                                      - 0.006 sin(4*pi*T) + 0.007 cos(4*pi*T)
             where pi = 3.14159265... and T is the date in Besselian years.
          TT = TAI + 32.184 seconds
          DUT1= (UT1-UTC) transmitted with time signals
              = -0.5 seconds beginning 29 April 2004 at 0000 UTC
          Beginning 1 January 1999:
             TAI-UTC(BIPM) = 32.000 000 seconds
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       * No leap second will be introduced in UTC on 31 December 2004. *
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        The contributed observations used in the preparation of this Bulletin
        are available at ftp://maia.usno.navy.mil/bulla-data.html. The
        contributed analysis results are based on data from Very Long Baseline
        Interferometry (VLBI), Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR), the Global
        Positioning System (GPS) satellites, Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), and
        meteorological predictions of variations in Atmospheric Angular
        Momentum (AAM).
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       COMBINED EARTH ORIENTATION PARAMETERS:

                               IERS Rapid Service
               MJD x error y error UT1-UTC error
                        " " " " s s
     4 12 17 53356 .17030 .00004 .26040 .00004 -.497909 .000007
     4 12 18 53357 .16928 .00003 .25879 .00004 -.498905 .000007
     4 12 19 53358 .16859 .00003 .25729 .00003 -.499987 .000009
     4 12 20 53359 .16743 .00002 .25574 .00003 -.501015 .000011
     4 12 21 53360 .16590 .00002 .25400 .00003 -.501904 .000012
     4 12 22 53361 .16442 .00002 .25207 .00003 -.502584 .000011
     4 12 23 53362 .16297 .00002 .25011 .00002 -.503048 .000012

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       PREDICTIONS:
       The following formulas will not reproduce the predictions given below,
       but may be used to extend the predictions beyond the end of this table.

       x = .0503 - .0251 cos A - .0568 sin A + .1397 cos C - .0446 sin C
       y = .3477 - .0509 cos A + .0216 sin A - .0446 cos C - .1397 sin C
          UT1-UTC = -.5136 - .00030 (MJD - 53367) - (UT2-UT1)

       where A = 2*pi*(MJD-53362)/365.25 and C = 2*pi*(MJD-53362)/435.

          TAI-UTC(MJD 53363) = 32.0
       The accuracy may be estimated from the expressions:
       S x,y = 0.0042 (MJD-53362)**0.28 S t = 0.00025 (MJD-53362)**0.75
       Estimated accuracies are: Predictions 10 d 20 d 30 d 40 d
                                  Polar coord's 0.004 0.006 0.009 0.011
                                  UT1-UTC 0.0014 0.0024 0.0032 0.0040

                     MJD x(arcsec) y(arcsec) UT1-UTC(sec)
        2004 12 24 53363 0.1615 0.2482 -0.50331
        2004 12 25 53364 0.1600 0.2464 -0.50338
        2004 12 26 53365 0.1584 0.2446 -0.50335
        2004 12 27 53366 0.1568 0.2430 -0.50327
        2004 12 28 53367 0.1551 0.2414 -0.50321
        2004 12 29 53368 0.1534 0.2399 -0.50324
        2004 12 30 53369 0.1517 0.2384 -0.50341
        2004 12 31 53370 0.1500 0.2370 -0.50375
        2005 1 1 53371 0.1482 0.2356 -0.50428
        2005 1 2 53372 0.1464 0.2343 -0.50499
        2005 1 3 53373 0.1446 0.2330 -0.50583
        2005 1 4 53374 0.1428 0.2317 -0.50675
        2005 1 5 53375 0.1410 0.2305 -0.50763
        2005 1 6 53376 0.1392 0.2293 -0.50838
        2005 1 7 53377 0.1373 0.2281 -0.50893
        2005 1 8 53378 0.1355 0.2270 -0.50924
        2005 1 9 53379 0.1336 0.2259 -0.50936
        2005 1 10 53380 0.1318 0.2248 -0.50941
        2005 1 11 53381 0.1299 0.2238 -0.50954
        2005 1 12 53382 0.1280 0.2227 -0.50988
        2005 1 13 53383 0.1261 0.2217 -0.51050
        2005 1 14 53384 0.1242 0.2208 -0.51134
        2005 1 15 53385 0.1222 0.2198 -0.51232
        2005 1 16 53386 0.1203 0.2189 -0.51330
        2005 1 17 53387 0.1184 0.2180 -0.51414
        2005 1 18 53388 0.1164 0.2172 -0.51480
        2005 1 19 53389 0.1145 0.2164 -0.51522
        2005 1 20 53390 0.1125 0.2156 -0.51544
        2005 1 21 53391 0.1105 0.2148 -0.51547
        2005 1 22 53392 0.1086 0.2140 -0.51538
        2005 1 23 53393 0.1066 0.2133 -0.51522
        2005 1 24 53394 0.1046 0.2126 -0.51506
        2005 1 25 53395 0.1026 0.2120 -0.51498
        2005 1 26 53396 0.1006 0.2114 -0.51503
        2005 1 27 53397 0.0986 0.2108 -0.51526
        2005 1 28 53398 0.0966 0.2102 -0.51567
        2005 1 29 53399 0.0945 0.2097 -0.51625
        2005 1 30 53400 0.0925 0.2091 -0.51695
        2005 1 31 53401 0.0905 0.2087 -0.51771
        2005 2 1 53402 0.0885 0.2082 -0.51844
        2005 2 2 53403 0.0864 0.2078 -0.51907
        2005 2 3 53404 0.0844 0.2074 -0.51953
        2005 2 4 53405 0.0824 0.2070 -0.51978
        2005 2 5 53406 0.0803 0.2067 -0.51985
        2005 2 6 53407 0.0783 0.2064 -0.51983
        2005 2 7 53408 0.0762 0.2061 -0.51987
        2005 2 8 53409 0.0742 0.2059 -0.52011
        2005 2 9 53410 0.0721 0.2057 -0.52064
        2005 2 10 53411 0.0701 0.2055 -0.52147
        2005 2 11 53412 0.0681 0.2053 -0.52251
        2005 2 12 53413 0.0660 0.2052 -0.52361
        2005 2 13 53414 0.0640 0.2051 -0.52464
        2005 2 14 53415 0.0619 0.2051 -0.52547
        2005 2 15 53416 0.0599 0.2050 -0.52606
        2005 2 16 53417 0.0578 0.2050 -0.52640
        2005 2 17 53418 0.0558 0.2050 -0.52653
        2005 2 18 53419 0.0537 0.2051 -0.52652
        2005 2 19 53420 0.0517 0.2052 -0.52643
        2005 2 20 53421 0.0497 0.2053 -0.52633
        2005 2 21 53422 0.0477 0.2054 -0.52630
        2005 2 22 53423 0.0456 0.2056 -0.52641
        2005 2 23 53424 0.0436 0.2058 -0.52670
        2005 2 24 53425 0.0416 0.2060 -0.52720
        2005 2 25 53426 0.0396 0.2063 -0.52790
        2005 2 26 53427 0.0376 0.2065 -0.52877
        2005 2 27 53428 0.0356 0.2068 -0.52972
        2005 2 28 53429 0.0336 0.2072 -0.53068
        2005 3 1 53430 0.0316 0.2075 -0.53155
        2005 3 2 53431 0.0296 0.2079 -0.53227
        2005 3 3 53432 0.0276 0.2084 -0.53280
        2005 3 4 53433 0.0257 0.2088 -0.53315
        2005 3 5 53434 0.0237 0.2093 -0.53338
        2005 3 6 53435 0.0218 0.2098 -0.53362
        2005 3 7 53436 0.0198 0.2103 -0.53401
        2005 3 8 53437 0.0179 0.2109 -0.53467
        2005 3 9 53438 0.0160 0.2114 -0.53565
        2005 3 10 53439 0.0140 0.2121 -0.53690
        2005 3 11 53440 0.0121 0.2127 -0.53832
        2005 3 12 53441 0.0103 0.2134 -0.53974
        2005 3 13 53442 0.0084 0.2140 -0.54103
        2005 3 14 53443 0.0065 0.2147 -0.54210
        2005 3 15 53444 0.0046 0.2155 -0.54290
        2005 3 16 53445 0.0028 0.2162 -0.54345
        2005 3 17 53446 0.0009 0.2170 -0.54383
        2005 3 18 53447 -0.0009 0.2178 -0.54409
        2005 3 19 53448 -0.0027 0.2187 -0.54433
        2005 3 20 53449 -0.0045 0.2195 -0.54461
        2005 3 21 53450 -0.0063 0.2204 -0.54501
        2005 3 22 53451 -0.0080 0.2213 -0.54558
        2005 3 23 53452 -0.0098 0.2223 -0.54635
        2005 3 24 53453 -0.0115 0.2232 -0.54732
        2005 3 25 53454 -0.0133 0.2242 -0.54846
        2005 3 26 53455 -0.0150 0.2252 -0.54971
        2005 3 27 53456 -0.0167 0.2262 -0.55098
        2005 3 28 53457 -0.0183 0.2273 -0.55216
        2005 3 29 53458 -0.0200 0.2283 -0.55318
        2005 3 30 53459 -0.0217 0.2294 -0.55397
        2005 3 31 53460 -0.0233 0.2305 -0.55455
        2005 4 1 53461 -0.0249 0.2316 -0.55496
        2005 4 2 53462 -0.0265 0.2328 -0.55534
        2005 4 3 53463 -0.0281 0.2340 -0.55579
        2005 4 4 53464 -0.0296 0.2352 -0.55646
        2005 4 5 53465 -0.0312 0.2364 -0.55740
        2005 4 6 53466 -0.0327 0.2376 -0.55862
        2005 4 7 53467 -0.0342 0.2389 -0.56004
        2005 4 8 53468 -0.0357 0.2401 -0.56150
        2005 4 9 53469 -0.0371 0.2414 -0.56288
        2005 4 10 53470 -0.0386 0.2427 -0.56407
        2005 4 11 53471 -0.0400 0.2440 -0.56500
        2005 4 12 53472 -0.0414 0.2454 -0.56565
        2005 4 13 53473 -0.0428 0.2468 -0.56608
        2005 4 14 53474 -0.0441 0.2481 -0.56634
        2005 4 15 53475 -0.0454 0.2495 -0.56653
        2005 4 16 53476 -0.0468 0.2509 -0.56673
        2005 4 17 53477 -0.0480 0.2524 -0.56701
        2005 4 18 53478 -0.0493 0.2538 -0.56743
        2005 4 19 53479 -0.0505 0.2553 -0.56803
        2005 4 20 53480 -0.0518 0.2568 -0.56881
        2005 4 21 53481 -0.0530 0.2582 -0.56978
        2005 4 22 53482 -0.0541 0.2598 -0.57087
        2005 4 23 53483 -0.0553 0.2613 -0.57201
        2005 4 24 53484 -0.0564 0.2628 -0.57310
        2005 4 25 53485 -0.0575 0.2644 -0.57403
        2005 4 26 53486 -0.0586 0.2659 -0.57473
        2005 4 27 53487 -0.0596 0.2675 -0.57519
        2005 4 28 53488 -0.0606 0.2691 -0.57544
        2005 4 29 53489 -0.0616 0.2707 -0.57559
        2005 4 30 53490 -0.0626 0.2723 -0.57578
        2005 5 1 53491 -0.0635 0.2739 -0.57613
        2005 5 2 53492 -0.0645 0.2756 -0.57671
        2005 5 3 53493 -0.0654 0.2772 -0.57754
        2005 5 4 53494 -0.0662 0.2789 -0.57856
        2005 5 5 53495 -0.0671 0.2806 -0.57967
        2005 5 6 53496 -0.0679 0.2822 -0.58074
        2005 5 7 53497 -0.0686 0.2839 -0.58165
        2005 5 8 53498 -0.0694 0.2856 -0.58232
        2005 5 9 53499 -0.0701 0.2874 -0.58272
        2005 5 10 53500 -0.0708 0.2891 -0.58286
        2005 5 11 53501 -0.0715 0.2908 -0.58282
        2005 5 12 53502 -0.0721 0.2925 -0.58265
        2005 5 13 53503 -0.0727 0.2943 -0.58246
        2005 5 14 53504 -0.0733 0.2960 -0.58232
        2005 5 15 53505 -0.0739 0.2978 -0.58229
        2005 5 16 53506 -0.0744 0.2996 -0.58241
        2005 5 17 53507 -0.0749 0.3013 -0.58270
        2005 5 18 53508 -0.0754 0.3031 -0.58317
        2005 5 19 53509 -0.0758 0.3049 -0.58376
        2005 5 20 53510 -0.0762 0.3067 -0.58444
        2005 5 21 53511 -0.0766 0.3085 -0.58509
        2005 5 22 53512 -0.0770 0.3103 -0.58564
        2005 5 23 53513 -0.0773 0.3121 -0.58597
        2005 5 24 53514 -0.0776 0.3139 -0.58604
        2005 5 25 53515 -0.0779 0.3157 -0.58588
        2005 5 26 53516 -0.0781 0.3175 -0.58557
        2005 5 27 53517 -0.0783 0.3193 -0.58525
        2005 5 28 53518 -0.0785 0.3211 -0.58505
        2005 5 29 53519 -0.0786 0.3230 -0.58507
        2005 5 30 53520 -0.0787 0.3248 -0.58533
        2005 5 31 53521 -0.0788 0.3266 -0.58578
        2005 6 1 53522 -0.0789 0.3284 -0.58631
        2005 6 2 53523 -0.0789 0.3303 -0.58682
        2005 6 3 53524 -0.0789 0.3321 -0.58718
        2005 6 4 53525 -0.0789 0.3339 -0.58732
        2005 6 5 53526 -0.0788 0.3357 -0.58720
        2005 6 6 53527 -0.0787 0.3376 -0.58683
        2005 6 7 53528 -0.0786 0.3394 -0.58625
        2005 6 8 53529 -0.0785 0.3412 -0.58554
        2005 6 9 53530 -0.0783 0.3430 -0.58476
        2005 6 10 53531 -0.0781 0.3448 -0.58402
        2005 6 11 53532 -0.0779 0.3467 -0.58337
        2005 6 12 53533 -0.0776 0.3485 -0.58287
        2005 6 13 53534 -0.0773 0.3503 -0.58253
        2005 6 14 53535 -0.0770 0.3521 -0.58236
        2005 6 15 53536 -0.0766 0.3539 -0.58233
        2005 6 16 53537 -0.0763 0.3557 -0.58240
        2005 6 17 53538 -0.0759 0.3575 -0.58249
        2005 6 18 53539 -0.0754 0.3592 -0.58252
        2005 6 19 53540 -0.0750 0.3610 -0.58239
        2005 6 20 53541 -0.0745 0.3628 -0.58205
        2005 6 21 53542 -0.0740 0.3645 -0.58147
        2005 6 22 53543 -0.0734 0.3663 -0.58073
        2005 6 23 53544 -0.0729 0.3681 -0.57995
        2005 6 24 53545 -0.0723 0.3698 -0.57928
        2005 6 25 53546 -0.0717 0.3715 -0.57885
        2005 6 26 53547 -0.0710 0.3733 -0.57871
        2005 6 27 53548 -0.0704 0.3750 -0.57881
        2005 6 28 53549 -0.0697 0.3767 -0.57904
        2005 6 29 53550 -0.0689 0.3784 -0.57926
        2005 6 30 53551 -0.0682 0.3801 -0.57935
        2005 7 1 53552 -0.0674 0.3818 -0.57919
        2005 7 2 53553 -0.0666 0.3834 -0.57876
        2005 7 3 53554 -0.0658 0.3851 -0.57806
        2005 7 4 53555 -0.0650 0.3867 -0.57712
        2005 7 5 53556 -0.0641 0.3883 -0.57604
        2005 7 6 53557 -0.0632 0.3900 -0.57489
        2005 7 7 53558 -0.0623 0.3916 -0.57377
        2005 7 8 53559 -0.0614 0.3932 -0.57275
        2005 7 9 53560 -0.0604 0.3947 -0.57191
        2005 7 10 53561 -0.0594 0.3963 -0.57127
        2005 7 11 53562 -0.0584 0.3979 -0.57083
        2005 7 12 53563 -0.0574 0.3994 -0.57056
        2005 7 13 53564 -0.0564 0.4009 -0.57043
        2005 7 14 53565 -0.0553 0.4024 -0.57035
        2005 7 15 53566 -0.0542 0.4039 -0.57025
        2005 7 16 53567 -0.0531 0.4054 -0.57004
        2005 7 17 53568 -0.0520 0.4069 -0.56964
        2005 7 18 53569 -0.0508 0.4083 -0.56901
        2005 7 19 53570 -0.0497 0.4098 -0.56815
        2005 7 20 53571 -0.0485 0.4112 -0.56718
        2005 7 21 53572 -0.0473 0.4126 -0.56624
        2005 7 22 53573 -0.0461 0.4140 -0.56549
        2005 7 23 53574 -0.0449 0.4154 -0.56503
        2005 7 24 53575 -0.0436 0.4167 -0.56484
        2005 7 25 53576 -0.0424 0.4181 -0.56482
        2005 7 26 53577 -0.0411 0.4194 -0.56480
        2005 7 27 53578 -0.0398 0.4207 -0.56463
        2005 7 28 53579 -0.0385 0.4220 -0.56421
        2005 7 29 53580 -0.0372 0.4232 -0.56353
        2005 7 30 53581 -0.0358 0.4245 -0.56264
        2005 7 31 53582 -0.0345 0.4257 -0.56162
        2005 8 1 53583 -0.0331 0.4269 -0.56049
        2005 8 2 53584 -0.0318 0.4281 -0.55936
        2005 8 3 53585 -0.0304 0.4292 -0.55833
        2005 8 4 53586 -0.0290 0.4304 -0.55741
        2005 8 5 53587 -0.0276 0.4315 -0.55673
        2005 8 6 53588 -0.0262 0.4326 -0.55629
        2005 8 7 53589 -0.0247 0.4337 -0.55605
        2005 8 8 53590 -0.0233 0.4348 -0.55604
        2005 8 9 53591 -0.0218 0.4358 -0.55613
        2005 8 10 53592 -0.0204 0.4368 -0.55628
        2005 8 11 53593 -0.0189 0.4378 -0.55637
        2005 8 12 53594 -0.0174 0.4388 -0.55634
        2005 8 13 53595 -0.0159 0.4398 -0.55611
        2005 8 14 53596 -0.0145 0.4407 -0.55563
        2005 8 15 53597 -0.0130 0.4416 -0.55497
        2005 8 16 53598 -0.0115 0.4425 -0.55419
        2005 8 17 53599 -0.0099 0.4434 -0.55346
        2005 8 18 53600 -0.0084 0.4443 -0.55292
        2005 8 19 53601 -0.0069 0.4451 -0.55267
        2005 8 20 53602 -0.0054 0.4459 -0.55280
        2005 8 21 53603 -0.0039 0.4467 -0.55320
        2005 8 22 53604 -0.0023 0.4474 -0.55368
        2005 8 23 53605 -0.0008 0.4482 -0.55404
        2005 8 24 53606 0.0008 0.4489 -0.55413
        2005 8 25 53607 0.0023 0.4496 -0.55387
        2005 8 26 53608 0.0038 0.4502 -0.55331
        2005 8 27 53609 0.0054 0.4509 -0.55245
        2005 8 28 53610 0.0069 0.4515 -0.55137
        2005 8 29 53611 0.0085 0.4521 -0.55021
        2005 8 30 53612 0.0101 0.4527 -0.54902
        2005 8 31 53613 0.0116 0.4532 -0.54790
        2005 9 1 53614 0.0132 0.4538 -0.54689
        2005 9 2 53615 0.0147 0.4543 -0.54608
        2005 9 3 53616 0.0163 0.4547 -0.54549
        2005 9 4 53617 0.0178 0.4552 -0.54517
        2005 9 5 53618 0.0194 0.4556 -0.54503
        2005 9 6 53619 0.0209 0.4561 -0.54499
        2005 9 7 53620 0.0225 0.4564 -0.54500
        2005 9 8 53621 0.0240 0.4568 -0.54495
        2005 9 9 53622 0.0255 0.4571 -0.54476
        2005 9 10 53623 0.0271 0.4575 -0.54442
        2005 9 11 53624 0.0286 0.4578 -0.54393
        2005 9 12 53625 0.0301 0.4580 -0.54334
        2005 9 13 53626 0.0317 0.4583 -0.54272
        2005 9 14 53627 0.0332 0.4585 -0.54219
        2005 9 15 53628 0.0347 0.4587 -0.54193
        2005 9 16 53629 0.0362 0.4589 -0.54212
        2005 9 17 53630 0.0377 0.4590 -0.54269
        2005 9 18 53631 0.0392 0.4592 -0.54348
        2005 9 19 53632 0.0407 0.4593 -0.54438
        2005 9 20 53633 0.0422 0.4594 -0.54519
        2005 9 21 53634 0.0437 0.4594 -0.54574
        2005 9 22 53635 0.0452 0.4595 -0.54600
        2005 9 23 53636 0.0466 0.4595 -0.54594
        2005 9 24 53637 0.0481 0.4595 -0.54564
        2005 9 25 53638 0.0496 0.4595 -0.54527
        2005 9 26 53639 0.0510 0.4594 -0.54489
        2005 9 27 53640 0.0524 0.4593 -0.54458
        2005 9 28 53641 0.0539 0.4592 -0.54441
        2005 9 29 53642 0.0553 0.4591 -0.54444
        2005 9 30 53643 0.0567 0.4590 -0.54470
        2005 10 1 53644 0.0581 0.4588 -0.54520
        2005 10 2 53645 0.0595 0.4587 -0.54588
        2005 10 3 53646 0.0609 0.4585 -0.54662
        2005 10 4 53647 0.0623 0.4582 -0.54731
        2005 10 5 53648 0.0637 0.4580 -0.54783
        2005 10 6 53649 0.0650 0.4577 -0.54813
        2005 10 7 53650 0.0664 0.4574 -0.54820
        2005 10 8 53651 0.0677 0.4571 -0.54794
        2005 10 9 53652 0.0690 0.4568 -0.54745
        2005 10 10 53653 0.0704 0.4565 -0.54686
        2005 10 11 53654 0.0717 0.4561 -0.54632
        2005 10 12 53655 0.0730 0.4557 -0.54599
        2005 10 13 53656 0.0743 0.4553 -0.54592
        2005 10 14 53657 0.0756 0.4549 -0.54618
        2005 10 15 53658 0.0768 0.4544 -0.54669
        2005 10 16 53659 0.0781 0.4540 -0.54731
        2005 10 17 53660 0.0793 0.4535 -0.54794
        2005 10 18 53661 0.0806 0.4530 -0.54842
        2005 10 19 53662 0.0818 0.4525 -0.54864
        2005 10 20 53663 0.0830 0.4519 -0.54856
        2005 10 21 53664 0.0842 0.4514 -0.54820
        2005 10 22 53665 0.0854 0.4508 -0.54769
        2005 10 23 53666 0.0866 0.4502 -0.54713
        2005 10 24 53667 0.0877 0.4496 -0.54661
        2005 10 25 53668 0.0889 0.4490 -0.54624
        2005 10 26 53669 0.0900 0.4483 -0.54606
        2005 10 27 53670 0.0912 0.4477 -0.54614
        2005 10 28 53671 0.0923 0.4470 -0.54651
        2005 10 29 53672 0.0934 0.4463 -0.54717
        2005 10 30 53673 0.0945 0.4456 -0.54796
        2005 10 31 53674 0.0956 0.4449 -0.54880
        2005 11 1 53675 0.0967 0.4441 -0.54962
        2005 11 2 53676 0.0977 0.4434 -0.55031
        2005 11 3 53677 0.0988 0.4426 -0.55075
        2005 11 4 53678 0.0998 0.4418 -0.55089
        2005 11 5 53679 0.1008 0.4410 -0.55083
        2005 11 6 53680 0.1018 0.4402 -0.55064
        2005 11 7 53681 0.1028 0.4394 -0.55045
        2005 11 8 53682 0.1038 0.4385 -0.55043
        2005 11 9 53683 0.1048 0.4377 -0.55070
        2005 11 10 53684 0.1058 0.4368 -0.55126
        2005 11 11 53685 0.1067 0.4359 -0.55209
        2005 11 12 53686 0.1076 0.4350 -0.55308
        2005 11 13 53687 0.1086 0.4341 -0.55409
        2005 11 14 53688 0.1095 0.4332 -0.55495
        2005 11 15 53689 0.1104 0.4323 -0.55552
        2005 11 16 53690 0.1113 0.4313 -0.55578
        2005 11 17 53691 0.1121 0.4304 -0.55576
        2005 11 18 53692 0.1130 0.4294 -0.55550
        2005 11 19 53693 0.1139 0.4284 -0.55506
        2005 11 20 53694 0.1147 0.4274 -0.55465
        2005 11 21 53695 0.1155 0.4264 -0.55427
        2005 11 22 53696 0.1163 0.4254 -0.55407
        2005 11 23 53697 0.1171 0.4244 -0.55407
        2005 11 24 53698 0.1179 0.4234 -0.55425
        2005 11 25 53699 0.1187 0.4223 -0.55459
        2005 11 26 53700 0.1195 0.4213 -0.55505
        2005 11 27 53701 0.1202 0.4202 -0.55567
        2005 11 28 53702 0.1209 0.4192 -0.55632
        2005 11 29 53703 0.1217 0.4181 -0.55692
        2005 11 30 53704 0.1224 0.4170 -0.55739
        2005 12 1 53705 0.1231 0.4159 -0.55759
        2005 12 2 53706 0.1238 0.4148 -0.55754
        2005 12 3 53707 0.1244 0.4137 -0.55737
        2005 12 4 53708 0.1251 0.4126 -0.55724
        2005 12 5 53709 0.1258 0.4115 -0.55728
        2005 12 6 53710 0.1264 0.4103 -0.55760
        2005 12 7 53711 0.1270 0.4092 -0.55823
        2005 12 8 53712 0.1276 0.4081 -0.55914
        2005 12 9 53713 0.1282 0.4069 -0.56021
        2005 12 10 53714 0.1288 0.4058 -0.56135
        2005 12 11 53715 0.1294 0.4046 -0.56241
        2005 12 12 53716 0.1300 0.4034 -0.56332
        2005 12 13 53717 0.1305 0.4023 -0.56402
        2005 12 14 53718 0.1310 0.4011 -0.56443
        2005 12 15 53719 0.1316 0.3999 -0.56459
        2005 12 16 53720 0.1321 0.3987 -0.56457
        2005 12 17 53721 0.1326 0.3975 -0.56446
        2005 12 18 53722 0.1331 0.3963 -0.56433
        2005 12 19 53723 0.1335 0.3951 -0.56427
        2005 12 20 53724 0.1340 0.3939 -0.56428
        2005 12 21 53725 0.1345 0.3927 -0.56440
        2005 12 22 53726 0.1349 0.3915 -0.56466
        2005 12 23 53727 0.1353 0.3903 -0.56505
       These predictions are based on all announced leap seconds.

       CELESTIAL POLE OFFSET SERIES:
                            NEOS Celestial Pole Offset Series
                        MJD dpsi error deps error
                                         (msec. of arc)
                       53343 -54.75 .34 -2.16 .32
                       53344 -54.53 .33 -1.89 .24
                       53345 -54.74 .33 -1.70 .24
                       53346 -55.26 .32 -1.64 .12
                       53347 -55.76 .60 -1.57 .22
                       53348 -56.10 .60 -1.40 .22
                       53349 -56.37 .60 -1.29 .22

                      IAU2000A Celestial Pole Offset Series
                       MJD dX error dY error
                                     (msec. of arc)
                      53343 0.287 0.135 -0.283 0.320
                      53344 0.271 0.131 -0.273 0.240
                      53345 0.243 0.131 -0.286 0.240
                      53346 0.220 0.127 -0.303 0.120
                      53347 0.208 0.239 -0.310 0.220
                      53348 0.202 0.239 -0.321 0.220
                      53349 0.205 0.239 -0.348 0.220

     The IERS Conventions recommended software to predict celestial pole
     offsets is available at ftp://maia.usno.navy.mil/conventions/chapter5/
     ceppred.f and software for the calculation of the dX and dY with
     respect to IAU2000A Nutation/Precession Theory can be found at the
     http://maia.usno.navy.mil/conv2000.html web site in section chapter 5.

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            Important Notices - Important Notices - Important Notices
   **************************************************************************

   On 04 November 2004 a new VLBI Intensive series produced by USNO's VLBI
   Analysis Group was introduced into the Bulletin A EOP series.

   **************************************************************************
        Important Notice - IAU 2000 Resolution Compliancy Information
   **************************************************************************

   Resolutions passed at the 24th General Assembly of the International
   Astronomical Union (IAU) recommend the implementation of a number of new
   procedures concerning the transformation between the celestial and
   terrestrial reference systems. Information regarding these procedures
   is available in Chapter 5 of the IERS Conventions 2003 available at
   http://maia.usno.navy.mil/conv2003.html.

   With these resolutions, beginning on 1 January 2003, IERS Bulletins A and
   B will publish new products in addition to those already published. These
   products will include the celestial pole offsets X_obs-X_IAU2000A
   and Y_obs-Y_IAU2000A where

   X_obs and Y_obs are the observed X, Y coordinates of the Celestial
   Intermediate Pole in the Geocentric Celestial Reference System, and

   X_IAU2000A and Y_IAU2000A are the celestial pole coordinates provided by
   using the IAU2000A Precession-Nutation theory.

   It is expected that Celestial Pole offsets related to the IAU1980 Nutation
   Theory will continue to be published through 31 December 2004. The new
   celestial pole offsets related to the new IAU2000A Precession-Nutation
   theory will be produced in a separate data file as well as appended to
   to this file.

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        Important Notice - IAU 2000 Resolution Compliancy Information
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