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by jessaustin 4006 days ago
You can see how a 365.248-day year would be inconvenient, right? A 86400.002-second day would be more inconvenient, even though the point of TFA is that a 86401-second day is also somewhat inconvenient.

Seconds are not defined by the rotation of the earth, any more than they're defined by its revolution.