2024-04-07 01:58:34
A few days ago, the White House ordered the International Space Agency, NASA, to create a unified time standard for the moon and other celestial bodies. This standard, expected to be issued in 2026, is known as new lunar time, and it is linked to the calendar and the lunar year, which many people do not know. regarding her.
In the following report, “Al-Watan” monitors the benefits and importance of the new lunar time, according to what was reported by the “Russia Today” website.
What is New Coordinated Lunar Time?
The new coordinated lunar time, which the United States of America has requested from NASA within two years from now, is named following the lunar calendar.
The lunar year is defined as the period required for the moon to complete 12 cycles, each cycle being one lunar month, and since the moon’s cycle is approximately 1⁄2 day, it is common for the months of the lunar calendar to alternate between 29 and 30 days, thus forming a period of 12 lunar cycles, meaning that a year The lunar period is 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes and 34 seconds.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) instructed the US Space Agency to formulate a plan, by the end of 2026, for a standard called Coordinated Lunar Time, taken from the lunar calendar, because time in space passes differently, and this timing is for safety and accuracy for scientists. Who go out into space on research and exploration missions.
What is its benefit to astronauts?
While the lunar year is slower and is only 354 days, this benefits astronauts who come from beyond Earth on their journeys and do not feel a large time gap, according to Steve Welby, deputy director for national security at OSTP, who said in a statement: “As NASA and companies launch Private and space agencies around the world are undertaking missions, to the moon, Mars and beyond, so it is important to set celestial time standards for safety and accuracy.”
He added that time passes differently depending on locations in space, for example time passes more slowly where gravity is stronger, i.e. near celestial bodies.
One of the benefits of lunar time, according to Welby, is that consistent definition of time between operators in space is critical for awareness of conditions in space, navigation, and communications.
In addition, the White House needed this time in order to link the new Lunar Coordinated Time, or LTC, to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is currently the primary time standard used around the world to regulate time on Earth.
While working on the new time, NASA presented a standard time strategy that would improve navigation and other operations for missions in lunar space, the region between the Earth and the Moon. The new standard will also focus on 4 features: the ability to track according to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and sufficient accuracy to support navigation. precision and science, resilience to loss of contact with Earth, and scalability to extralunar environments.
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