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Coordinated Lunar Time

Coordinated Lunar Time noun: a new lunar time zone standard that the White House has directed NASA to establish by 2026.

Noun

Coordinated Lunar Time

  1. (neologism) A new lunar time zone standard that the White House has directed NASA to establish by 2026.
    • Nasa has until the end of 2026 to set up what is being called Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC).2024 April 2, Diana Ramirez-Simon, “Moon Standard Time? Nasa to create lunar-centric time reference system”, in The Guardian^(https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/02/moon-nasa-coordinated-luna...
    • The United States wants the moon to have a time zone. Along with Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific times, we could have Coordinated Lunar Time. The moon's gravity means a super-precise atomic clock would run ever so slightly faster than on Earth. Over years, that difference would grow...2024 April 4, “Coordinated Lunar Time: The U.S. wants the moon to have its own time zone”, in Morning Edition, spoken by Steve Inskeep, via NPR

Examples of Coordinated Lunar Time in a sentence

  • Along with Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific times, we could have Coordinated Lunar Time.2024 April 4, “Coordinated Lunar Time: The U.S. wants the moon to have its own time zone”, in Morning Edition, spoken by Steve Inskeep, via...
  • First, the new Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) needs to be translatable into Coordinated Universal Time (UTC); it needs to be accurate enough for precision space navigation and communication;2025 May 5, John Loeffler, “What time is it on the moon? US House space committee wants a standard lunar clock”, in Space.com, archived...

Origin of Coordinated Lunar Time

Coined by NASA on 2 April 2024.

Questions about Coordinated Lunar Time

What does Coordinated Lunar Time mean?
Coordinated Lunar Time means a new lunar time zone standard that the White House has directed NASA to establish by 2026.
How do you use Coordinated Lunar Time in a sentence?
Along with Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific times, we could have Coordinated Lunar Time.
What part of speech is Coordinated Lunar Time?
Coordinated Lunar Time is a noun.

Words near Coordinated Lunar Time in the dictionary

  1. coordinate terms
  2. coordinate time
  3. coordinated
  4. coordinated complex
  5. coordinated complexes
  6. Coordinated Lunar Time
  7. Coordinated Mars Time
  8. Coordinated Universal Time
  9. coordinatedly
  10. coordinately
  11. coordinateness

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