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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to David Higton   
   Re: Spontaneous locale change on Bookwor   
   30 Sep 24 21:09:53   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:15:43 +0100, David Higton wrote:   
      
   > In message    
   >           Pancho  wrote:   
   >   
   >> What about the century containing the Big Bang?   
   >   
   > Which century was that, then?   
      
   Astronomers already use Julian days. Go back to Julian day zero, and set   
   your Big Bang zero point exactly, say, 13.7 billion years before that.   
   Doesn’t matter if future measurements cause some adjustments to the actual   
   moment of the Big Bang: this is just meant as an arbitrary reference point   
   anyway, meant to get rid of awkward “B.C.” dates.   
      
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