********************************************************************** * * * I E R S B U L L E T I N - A * * * * Rapid Service/Prediction of Earth Orientation * ********************************************************************** 21 December 2006 Vol. XIX No. 051 ______________________________________________________________________ GENERAL INFORMATION: To receive this information electronically, contact: ser7@maia.usno.navy.mil or use 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 = +0.1 seconds beginning 28 September 2006 at 0000 UTC Beginning 1 January 2006: TAI-UTC(BIPM) = 33.000 000 seconds ********************************************************************** * No leap second will be introduced into UTC on December 31, 2006. * * Last positive leap second introduced in UTC on December 31, 2005. * * * * See notice at the end of this Bulletin A for more details. * ********************************************************************** ________________________________________________________________________ The contributed observations used in the preparation of this Bulletin are available at . 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). ________________________________________________________________________ COMBINED EARTH ORIENTATION PARAMETERS: IERS Rapid Service MJD x error y error UT1-UTC error " " " " s s 6 12 15 54084 -.04779 .00003 .32488 .00004 .055660 .000013 6 12 16 54085 -.04881 .00003 .32623 .00003 .054438 .000013 6 12 17 54086 -.04951 .00002 .32763 .00003 .053401 .000013 6 12 18 54087 -.05004 .00002 .32915 .00002 .052582 .000013 6 12 19 54088 -.05046 .00002 .33062 .00002 .051895 .000013 6 12 20 54089 -.05103 .00002 .33185 .00002 .051309 .000011 6 12 21 54090 -.05188 .00002 .33294 .00002 .050756 .000009 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 = .0670 - .0177 cos A - .1057 sin A - .1024 cos C + .0843 sin C y = .3397 - .0901 cos A + .0161 sin A + .0843 cos C + .1024 sin C UT1-UTC = .0301 - .00087 (MJD - 54095) - (UT2-UT1) where A = 2*pi*(MJD-54090)/365.25 and C = 2*pi*(MJD-54090)/435. TAI-UTC(MJD 54091) = 33.0 The accuracy may be estimated from the expressions: S x,y = 0.00068 (MJD-54090)**0.80 S t = 0.00025 (MJD-54090)**0.75 Estimated accuracies are: Predictions 10 d 20 d 30 d 40 d Polar coord's 0.004 0.007 0.010 0.013 UT1-UTC 0.0014 0.0024 0.0032 0.0040 MJD x(arcsec) y(arcsec) UT1-UTC(sec) 2006 12 22 54091 -0.0528 0.3341 0.05011 2006 12 23 54092 -0.0536 0.3353 0.04930 2006 12 24 54093 -0.0544 0.3366 0.04826 2006 12 25 54094 -0.0551 0.3380 0.04700 2006 12 26 54095 -0.0558 0.3395 0.04553 2006 12 27 54096 -0.0564 0.3411 0.04390 2006 12 28 54097 -0.0570 0.3426 0.04221 2006 12 29 54098 -0.0575 0.3443 0.04063 2006 12 30 54099 -0.0581 0.3460 0.03930 2006 12 31 54100 -0.0585 0.3477 0.03827 2007 1 1 54101 -0.0590 0.3494 0.03752 2007 1 2 54102 -0.0594 0.3512 0.03696 2007 1 3 54103 -0.0598 0.3530 0.03646 2007 1 4 54104 -0.0602 0.3548 0.03590 2007 1 5 54105 -0.0605 0.3566 0.03520 2007 1 6 54106 -0.0608 0.3584 0.03433 2007 1 7 54107 -0.0611 0.3603 0.03329 2007 1 8 54108 -0.0613 0.3622 0.03213 2007 1 9 54109 -0.0616 0.3640 0.03089 2007 1 10 54110 -0.0617 0.3659 0.02964 2007 1 11 54111 -0.0619 0.3678 0.02844 2007 1 12 54112 -0.0620 0.3697 0.02736 2007 1 13 54113 -0.0621 0.3716 0.02643 2007 1 14 54114 -0.0622 0.3735 0.02568 2007 1 15 54115 -0.0622 0.3754 0.02512 2007 1 16 54116 -0.0622 0.3773 0.02471 2007 1 17 54117 -0.0622 0.3792 0.02438 2007 1 18 54118 -0.0621 0.3811 0.02402 2007 1 19 54119 -0.0620 0.3830 0.02352 2007 1 20 54120 -0.0618 0.3849 0.02276 2007 1 21 54121 -0.0617 0.3868 0.02170 2007 1 22 54122 -0.0615 0.3886 0.02034 2007 1 23 54123 -0.0612 0.3905 0.01880 2007 1 24 54124 -0.0609 0.3924 0.01721 2007 1 25 54125 -0.0606 0.3943 0.01574 2007 1 26 54126 -0.0603 0.3962 0.01448 2007 1 27 54127 -0.0599 0.3980 0.01351 2007 1 28 54128 -0.0595 0.3999 0.01280 2007 1 29 54129 -0.0590 0.4017 0.01229 2007 1 30 54130 -0.0585 0.4036 0.01187 2007 1 31 54131 -0.0580 0.4054 0.01143 2007 2 1 54132 -0.0574 0.4073 0.01086 2007 2 2 54133 -0.0568 0.4091 0.01010 2007 2 3 54134 -0.0562 0.4109 0.00913 2007 2 4 54135 -0.0555 0.4127 0.00797 2007 2 5 54136 -0.0548 0.4145 0.00668 2007 2 6 54137 -0.0541 0.4163 0.00532 2007 2 7 54138 -0.0533 0.4181 0.00397 2007 2 8 54139 -0.0525 0.4199 0.00269 2007 2 9 54140 -0.0516 0.4216 0.00153 2007 2 10 54141 -0.0507 0.4234 0.00053 2007 2 11 54142 -0.0498 0.4251 -0.00030 2007 2 12 54143 -0.0489 0.4269 -0.00100 2007 2 13 54144 -0.0479 0.4286 -0.00160 2007 2 14 54145 -0.0468 0.4303 -0.00221 2007 2 15 54146 -0.0458 0.4320 -0.00292 2007 2 16 54147 -0.0447 0.4337 -0.00387 2007 2 17 54148 -0.0435 0.4353 -0.00514 2007 2 18 54149 -0.0424 0.4370 -0.00675 2007 2 19 54150 -0.0412 0.4386 -0.00863 2007 2 20 54151 -0.0399 0.4402 -0.01063 2007 2 21 54152 -0.0387 0.4418 -0.01257 2007 2 22 54153 -0.0373 0.4434 -0.01428 2007 2 23 54154 -0.0360 0.4450 -0.01570 2007 2 24 54155 -0.0346 0.4465 -0.01680 2007 2 25 54156 -0.0332 0.4480 -0.01766 2007 2 26 54157 -0.0318 0.4496 -0.01840 2007 2 27 54158 -0.0303 0.4510 -0.01914 2007 2 28 54159 -0.0288 0.4526 -0.01998 2007 3 1 54160 -0.0273 0.4540 -0.02098 2007 3 2 54161 -0.0257 0.4555 -0.02218 2007 3 3 54162 -0.0241 0.4569 -0.02356 2007 3 4 54163 -0.0225 0.4583 -0.02509 2007 3 5 54164 -0.0208 0.4596 -0.02670 2007 3 6 54165 -0.0191 0.4610 -0.02832 2007 3 7 54166 -0.0174 0.4623 -0.02988 2007 3 8 54167 -0.0157 0.4636 -0.03132 2007 3 9 54168 -0.0139 0.4648 -0.03262 2007 3 10 54169 -0.0121 0.4661 -0.03376 2007 3 11 54170 -0.0102 0.4673 -0.03474 2007 3 12 54171 -0.0084 0.4685 -0.03562 2007 3 13 54172 -0.0065 0.4697 -0.03646 2007 3 14 54173 -0.0046 0.4708 -0.03736 2007 3 15 54174 -0.0027 0.4719 -0.03845 2007 3 16 54175 -0.0007 0.4730 -0.03982 2007 3 17 54176 0.0013 0.4741 -0.04155 2007 3 18 54177 0.0033 0.4751 -0.04361 2007 3 19 54178 0.0053 0.4761 -0.04588 2007 3 20 54179 0.0074 0.4771 -0.04820 2007 3 21 54180 0.0095 0.4780 -0.05037 2007 3 22 54181 0.0116 0.4789 -0.05224 2007 3 23 54182 0.0137 0.4798 -0.05378 2007 3 24 54183 0.0159 0.4807 -0.05504 2007 3 25 54184 0.0180 0.4815 -0.05611 2007 3 26 54185 0.0202 0.4823 -0.05715 2007 3 27 54186 0.0224 0.4830 -0.05825 2007 3 28 54187 0.0246 0.4837 -0.05949 2007 3 29 54188 0.0269 0.4844 -0.06091 2007 3 30 54189 0.0291 0.4851 -0.06250 2007 3 31 54190 0.0314 0.4857 -0.06423 2007 4 1 54191 0.0337 0.4863 -0.06604 2007 4 2 54192 0.0360 0.4869 -0.06786 2007 4 3 54193 0.0383 0.4874 -0.06962 2007 4 4 54194 0.0406 0.4879 -0.07126 2007 4 5 54195 0.0430 0.4883 -0.07273 2007 4 6 54196 0.0453 0.4887 -0.07399 2007 4 7 54197 0.0477 0.4891 -0.07508 2007 4 8 54198 0.0501 0.4894 -0.07604 2007 4 9 54199 0.0525 0.4897 -0.07692 2007 4 10 54200 0.0549 0.4900 -0.07782 2007 4 11 54201 0.0573 0.4902 -0.07882 2007 4 12 54202 0.0597 0.4904 -0.08004 2007 4 13 54203 0.0621 0.4905 -0.08156 2007 4 14 54204 0.0645 0.4907 -0.08339 2007 4 15 54205 0.0670 0.4907 -0.08550 2007 4 16 54206 0.0694 0.4908 -0.08772 2007 4 17 54207 0.0718 0.4908 -0.08989 2007 4 18 54208 0.0743 0.4907 -0.09182 2007 4 19 54209 0.0767 0.4906 -0.09340 2007 4 20 54210 0.0792 0.4905 -0.09464 2007 4 21 54211 0.0816 0.4904 -0.09562 2007 4 22 54212 0.0841 0.4902 -0.09648 2007 4 23 54213 0.0865 0.4899 -0.09736 2007 4 24 54214 0.0890 0.4897 -0.09835 2007 4 25 54215 0.0914 0.4893 -0.09950 2007 4 26 54216 0.0939 0.4890 -0.10081 2007 4 27 54217 0.0963 0.4886 -0.10225 2007 4 28 54218 0.0988 0.4882 -0.10376 2007 4 29 54219 0.1012 0.4877 -0.10530 2007 4 30 54220 0.1037 0.4872 -0.10679 2007 5 1 54221 0.1061 0.4866 -0.10817 2007 5 2 54222 0.1085 0.4860 -0.10940 2007 5 3 54223 0.1109 0.4854 -0.11044 2007 5 4 54224 0.1133 0.4847 -0.11130 2007 5 5 54225 0.1157 0.4840 -0.11200 2007 5 6 54226 0.1181 0.4833 -0.11260 2007 5 7 54227 0.1205 0.4825 -0.11319 2007 5 8 54228 0.1229 0.4816 -0.11384 2007 5 9 54229 0.1252 0.4808 -0.11465 2007 5 10 54230 0.1276 0.4799 -0.11570 2007 5 11 54231 0.1299 0.4789 -0.11703 2007 5 12 54232 0.1323 0.4779 -0.11862 2007 5 13 54233 0.1346 0.4769 -0.12037 2007 5 14 54234 0.1369 0.4759 -0.12215 2007 5 15 54235 0.1391 0.4748 -0.12376 2007 5 16 54236 0.1414 0.4736 -0.12509 2007 5 17 54237 0.1436 0.4725 -0.12607 2007 5 18 54238 0.1459 0.4713 -0.12675 2007 5 19 54239 0.1481 0.4700 -0.12724 2007 5 20 54240 0.1503 0.4687 -0.12770 2007 5 21 54241 0.1525 0.4674 -0.12823 2007 5 22 54242 0.1546 0.4661 -0.12892 2007 5 23 54243 0.1568 0.4647 -0.12976 2007 5 24 54244 0.1589 0.4632 -0.13073 2007 5 25 54245 0.1610 0.4618 -0.13179 2007 5 26 54246 0.1630 0.4603 -0.13286 2007 5 27 54247 0.1651 0.4588 -0.13388 2007 5 28 54248 0.1671 0.4572 -0.13480 2007 5 29 54249 0.1691 0.4556 -0.13556 2007 5 30 54250 0.1711 0.4540 -0.13612 2007 5 31 54251 0.1731 0.4523 -0.13650 2007 6 1 54252 0.1750 0.4506 -0.13670 2007 6 2 54253 0.1769 0.4489 -0.13679 2007 6 3 54254 0.1788 0.4471 -0.13683 2007 6 4 54255 0.1806 0.4453 -0.13692 2007 6 5 54256 0.1825 0.4435 -0.13714 2007 6 6 54257 0.1843 0.4417 -0.13758 2007 6 7 54258 0.1860 0.4398 -0.13825 2007 6 8 54259 0.1878 0.4379 -0.13917 2007 6 9 54260 0.1895 0.4360 -0.14025 2007 6 10 54261 0.1912 0.4340 -0.14137 2007 6 11 54262 0.1928 0.4320 -0.14241 2007 6 12 54263 0.1945 0.4300 -0.14321 2007 6 13 54264 0.1961 0.4280 -0.14372 2007 6 14 54265 0.1976 0.4259 -0.14393 2007 6 15 54266 0.1992 0.4238 -0.14392 2007 6 16 54267 0.2007 0.4217 -0.14384 2007 6 17 54268 0.2021 0.4195 -0.14382 2007 6 18 54269 0.2036 0.4174 -0.14395 2007 6 19 54270 0.2050 0.4152 -0.14428 2007 6 20 54271 0.2063 0.4130 -0.14479 2007 6 21 54272 0.2077 0.4107 -0.14543 2007 6 22 54273 0.2090 0.4085 -0.14615 2007 6 23 54274 0.2103 0.4062 -0.14687 2007 6 24 54275 0.2115 0.4039 -0.14753 2007 6 25 54276 0.2127 0.4016 -0.14809 2007 6 26 54277 0.2139 0.3993 -0.14850 2007 6 27 54278 0.2150 0.3969 -0.14875 2007 6 28 54279 0.2161 0.3946 -0.14885 2007 6 29 54280 0.2172 0.3922 -0.14883 2007 6 30 54281 0.2182 0.3898 -0.14876 2007 7 1 54282 0.2193 0.3873 -0.14872 2007 7 2 54283 0.2203 0.3849 -0.14882 2007 7 3 54284 0.2212 0.3824 -0.14911 2007 7 4 54285 0.2221 0.3799 -0.14964 2007 7 5 54286 0.2230 0.3774 -0.15037 2007 7 6 54287 0.2239 0.3749 -0.15123 2007 7 7 54288 0.2247 0.3724 -0.15207 2007 7 8 54289 0.2254 0.3699 -0.15275 2007 7 9 54290 0.2262 0.3674 -0.15315 2007 7 10 54291 0.2269 0.3648 -0.15319 2007 7 11 54292 0.2275 0.3623 -0.15288 2007 7 12 54293 0.2281 0.3597 -0.15228 2007 7 13 54294 0.2287 0.3571 -0.15154 2007 7 14 54295 0.2293 0.3546 -0.15080 2007 7 15 54296 0.2298 0.3520 -0.15020 2007 7 16 54297 0.2302 0.3494 -0.14981 2007 7 17 54298 0.2307 0.3468 -0.14966 2007 7 18 54299 0.2310 0.3442 -0.14970 2007 7 19 54300 0.2314 0.3416 -0.14986 2007 7 20 54301 0.2317 0.3390 -0.15006 2007 7 21 54302 0.2320 0.3364 -0.15022 2007 7 22 54303 0.2322 0.3338 -0.15027 2007 7 23 54304 0.2324 0.3312 -0.15016 2007 7 24 54305 0.2325 0.3286 -0.14989 2007 7 25 54306 0.2326 0.3260 -0.14945 2007 7 26 54307 0.2327 0.3234 -0.14891 2007 7 27 54308 0.2327 0.3208 -0.14834 2007 7 28 54309 0.2327 0.3182 -0.14786 2007 7 29 54310 0.2326 0.3156 -0.14756 2007 7 30 54311 0.2326 0.3130 -0.14742 2007 7 31 54312 0.2324 0.3105 -0.14751 2007 8 1 54313 0.2322 0.3079 -0.14788 2007 8 2 54314 0.2320 0.3053 -0.14845 2007 8 3 54315 0.2318 0.3027 -0.14917 2007 8 4 54316 0.2315 0.3002 -0.14990 2007 8 5 54317 0.2312 0.2976 -0.15051 2007 8 6 54318 0.2308 0.2951 -0.15088 2007 8 7 54319 0.2304 0.2926 -0.15107 2007 8 8 54320 0.2299 0.2900 -0.15111 2007 8 9 54321 0.2294 0.2875 -0.15098 2007 8 10 54322 0.2289 0.2850 -0.15087 2007 8 11 54323 0.2283 0.2825 -0.15083 2007 8 12 54324 0.2277 0.2801 -0.15094 2007 8 13 54325 0.2270 0.2776 -0.15119 2007 8 14 54326 0.2264 0.2751 -0.15156 2007 8 15 54327 0.2256 0.2727 -0.15203 2007 8 16 54328 0.2249 0.2703 -0.15253 2007 8 17 54329 0.2240 0.2679 -0.15304 2007 8 18 54330 0.2232 0.2655 -0.15342 2007 8 19 54331 0.2223 0.2631 -0.15372 2007 8 20 54332 0.2214 0.2608 -0.15383 2007 8 21 54333 0.2204 0.2584 -0.15382 2007 8 22 54334 0.2194 0.2561 -0.15357 2007 8 23 54335 0.2184 0.2538 -0.15318 2007 8 24 54336 0.2173 0.2515 -0.15282 2007 8 25 54337 0.2162 0.2492 -0.15257 2007 8 26 54338 0.2150 0.2470 -0.15248 2007 8 27 54339 0.2138 0.2448 -0.15256 2007 8 28 54340 0.2126 0.2426 -0.15288 2007 8 29 54341 0.2113 0.2404 -0.15347 2007 8 30 54342 0.2100 0.2382 -0.15423 2007 8 31 54343 0.2086 0.2361 -0.15497 2007 9 1 54344 0.2072 0.2340 -0.15554 2007 9 2 54345 0.2058 0.2319 -0.15587 2007 9 3 54346 0.2044 0.2298 -0.15590 2007 9 4 54347 0.2029 0.2277 -0.15567 2007 9 5 54348 0.2013 0.2257 -0.15523 2007 9 6 54349 0.1998 0.2237 -0.15471 2007 9 7 54350 0.1982 0.2218 -0.15427 2007 9 8 54351 0.1965 0.2198 -0.15401 2007 9 9 54352 0.1948 0.2179 -0.15398 2007 9 10 54353 0.1931 0.2160 -0.15414 2007 9 11 54354 0.1914 0.2141 -0.15447 2007 9 12 54355 0.1896 0.2123 -0.15493 2007 9 13 54356 0.1878 0.2105 -0.15546 2007 9 14 54357 0.1859 0.2087 -0.15589 2007 9 15 54358 0.1841 0.2070 -0.15613 2007 9 16 54359 0.1821 0.2052 -0.15627 2007 9 17 54360 0.1802 0.2035 -0.15627 2007 9 18 54361 0.1782 0.2019 -0.15615 2007 9 19 54362 0.1762 0.2002 -0.15594 2007 9 20 54363 0.1741 0.1986 -0.15578 2007 9 21 54364 0.1721 0.1971 -0.15569 2007 9 22 54365 0.1699 0.1955 -0.15582 2007 9 23 54366 0.1678 0.1940 -0.15621 2007 9 24 54367 0.1656 0.1926 -0.15692 2007 9 25 54368 0.1634 0.1911 -0.15788 2007 9 26 54369 0.1612 0.1897 -0.15906 2007 9 27 54370 0.1589 0.1883 -0.16036 2007 9 28 54371 0.1566 0.1870 -0.16158 2007 9 29 54372 0.1543 0.1857 -0.16250 2007 9 30 54373 0.1520 0.1844 -0.16309 2007 10 1 54374 0.1496 0.1831 -0.16336 2007 10 2 54375 0.1472 0.1819 -0.16335 2007 10 3 54376 0.1447 0.1808 -0.16323 2007 10 4 54377 0.1423 0.1796 -0.16316 2007 10 5 54378 0.1398 0.1785 -0.16319 2007 10 6 54379 0.1373 0.1775 -0.16332 2007 10 7 54380 0.1347 0.1764 -0.16367 2007 10 8 54381 0.1322 0.1754 -0.16419 2007 10 9 54382 0.1296 0.1745 -0.16479 2007 10 10 54383 0.1270 0.1735 -0.16541 2007 10 11 54384 0.1243 0.1727 -0.16596 2007 10 12 54385 0.1217 0.1718 -0.16639 2007 10 13 54386 0.1190 0.1710 -0.16671 2007 10 14 54387 0.1163 0.1702 -0.16698 2007 10 15 54388 0.1136 0.1695 -0.16719 2007 10 16 54389 0.1108 0.1688 -0.16735 2007 10 17 54390 0.1080 0.1681 -0.16755 2007 10 18 54391 0.1053 0.1675 -0.16784 2007 10 19 54392 0.1024 0.1669 -0.16828 2007 10 20 54393 0.0996 0.1664 -0.16890 2007 10 21 54394 0.0968 0.1659 -0.16976 2007 10 22 54395 0.0939 0.1654 -0.17097 2007 10 23 54396 0.0910 0.1650 -0.17238 2007 10 24 54397 0.0881 0.1646 -0.17394 2007 10 25 54398 0.0852 0.1642 -0.17548 2007 10 26 54399 0.0823 0.1639 -0.17682 2007 10 27 54400 0.0794 0.1636 -0.17788 2007 10 28 54401 0.0764 0.1634 -0.17858 2007 10 29 54402 0.0735 0.1632 -0.17902 2007 10 30 54403 0.0705 0.1631 -0.17934 2007 10 31 54404 0.0675 0.1630 -0.17972 2007 11 1 54405 0.0645 0.1629 -0.18025 2007 11 2 54406 0.0615 0.1629 -0.18090 2007 11 3 54407 0.0585 0.1629 -0.18172 2007 11 4 54408 0.0554 0.1629 -0.18264 2007 11 5 54409 0.0524 0.1630 -0.18361 2007 11 6 54410 0.0493 0.1632 -0.18464 2007 11 7 54411 0.0463 0.1633 -0.18570 2007 11 8 54412 0.0432 0.1636 -0.18673 2007 11 9 54413 0.0402 0.1638 -0.18760 2007 11 10 54414 0.0371 0.1641 -0.18830 2007 11 11 54415 0.0340 0.1645 -0.18886 2007 11 12 54416 0.0309 0.1648 -0.18925 2007 11 13 54417 0.0279 0.1653 -0.18955 2007 11 14 54418 0.0248 0.1657 -0.18984 2007 11 15 54419 0.0217 0.1662 -0.19023 2007 11 16 54420 0.0186 0.1668 -0.19075 2007 11 17 54421 0.0155 0.1674 -0.19150 2007 11 18 54422 0.0125 0.1680 -0.19244 2007 11 19 54423 0.0094 0.1687 -0.19362 2007 11 20 54424 0.0063 0.1694 -0.19499 2007 11 21 54425 0.0032 0.1701 -0.19643 2007 11 22 54426 0.0002 0.1709 -0.19783 2007 11 23 54427 -0.0029 0.1718 -0.19907 2007 11 24 54428 -0.0059 0.1727 -0.20006 2007 11 25 54429 -0.0090 0.1736 -0.20075 2007 11 26 54430 -0.0120 0.1745 -0.20114 2007 11 27 54431 -0.0151 0.1755 -0.20137 2007 11 28 54432 -0.0181 0.1766 -0.20159 2007 11 29 54433 -0.0211 0.1777 -0.20192 2007 11 30 54434 -0.0241 0.1788 -0.20238 2007 12 1 54435 -0.0271 0.1800 -0.20293 2007 12 2 54436 -0.0300 0.1812 -0.20352 2007 12 3 54437 -0.0330 0.1824 -0.20415 2007 12 4 54438 -0.0359 0.1837 -0.20464 2007 12 5 54439 -0.0389 0.1850 -0.20501 2007 12 6 54440 -0.0418 0.1864 -0.20529 2007 12 7 54441 -0.0447 0.1878 -0.20543 2007 12 8 54442 -0.0475 0.1893 -0.20535 2007 12 9 54443 -0.0504 0.1907 -0.20512 2007 12 10 54444 -0.0532 0.1923 -0.20481 2007 12 11 54445 -0.0560 0.1938 -0.20447 2007 12 12 54446 -0.0588 0.1954 -0.20421 2007 12 13 54447 -0.0616 0.1971 -0.20407 2007 12 14 54448 -0.0644 0.1988 -0.20411 2007 12 15 54449 -0.0671 0.2005 -0.20435 2007 12 16 54450 -0.0698 0.2023 -0.20479 2007 12 17 54451 -0.0725 0.2041 -0.20538 2007 12 18 54452 -0.0751 0.2059 -0.20610 2007 12 19 54453 -0.0777 0.2078 -0.20686 2007 12 20 54454 -0.0803 0.2097 -0.20751 2007 12 21 54455 -0.0829 0.2116 -0.20795 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) 54071 -59.67 .24 -2.26 .34 54072 -59.80 .20 -2.34 .34 54073 -59.67 .20 -2.55 .34 54074 -59.45 .13 -2.73 .34 IAU2000A Celestial Pole Offset Series MJD dX error dY error (msec. of arc) 54071 0.077 0.095 -0.005 0.340 54072 0.068 0.080 0.007 0.340 54073 0.070 0.080 0.001 0.340 54074 0.081 0.052 -0.020 0.340 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 web site in section chapter 5. ************************************************************************** Important Notices - Important Notices - Important Notices ************************************************************************** A positive leap second was introduced in UTC on 31 December 2005. The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: 2005 December 31, 23h 59m 59s 2005 December 31, 23h 59m 60s 2006 January 1, 0h 0m 0s The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time (TAI) is: from 1999 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2006 January 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 32s from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 33s