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Astronomers join calls to create time standard for the moon, where seconds tick by faster

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The moon has less gravity compared to Earth , so time ticks by 58.7 microseconds quicker every day .

Astronomers want to ensure perfect synchrony with a unified clock.

Currently, a moon mission runs on the time of the nation that’s operating the spacecraft.

The European Space Agency pushed last year for the creation of a lunar clock.

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English

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