Year2000

[Steve Allen]

Don Wells wrote:
> This version of the DATExxxx proposal was developed during five weeks
> of private discussions between Arnold Rots, Steve Allen and me.

Yes, I approve.

I believe this proposal presents no barrier to the correct encoding of
the date of any existing archival plate data.  It also presents a
framework which can eventually be codified to permit precise encoding
of time for future instruments located anywhere in the solar system.

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Steve Allen          UCO/Lick Observatory       Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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