{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Leap second - Newikis","description":"A leap second was the adding one extra second to time sometimes. This was done to fix the small difference between very exact time (kept by atomic clocks) and the less exact solar time (based on the Earth’s rotation). The time system we use (UTC) would get too far ahead of solar time without these…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Leapsecond2016.png","thumbnail_width":684,"thumbnail_height":359}