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Time

The SI unit of Time
The SI unit of time is the second and is the duration of 9192631770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of a caesium 133 atom.

Conversions
60 seconds=1 minute 60 minutes=1 hour
1 calendar year=31.536x106 seconds 1 sidereal year=31.55815x106 seconds
1 tropical year=31.55693x106 seconds 1 sidereal second=0.9972696 s
See also: Atomus, Coordinated Universal Time, Greenwich Mean Time, Hour, Julian Day, Lunar Month, Minute, Proper Time, Second, Sexagesimal, SI Units, Spacetime, Time Zones, Twenty Four Hour Clock.

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