ephemeris
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This is the offset to apply to Chariklo’s ephemeris to fit the observations.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
All the matter is given by months, as in the solar and lunar ephemeris of our own and the British Almanac.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
Chronometry -- N. chronometry, horometry†, horology; date, epoch; style, era. almanac, calendar, ephemeris; register, registry; chronicle, annals, journal, diary.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
He will find that these same data, after being partially adopted in the ephemeris for 1900, were thrown out in 1901, and the antiquated ones reintroduced in the main body of the ephemeris.
From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Simon Newcomb
His Merlini Anglici ephemeris, issued annually from 1642 to 1681, brought him a great deal of money.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
He published a series of ephemerides, beginning in 1659.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
France," he says, "created more than two centuries ago the most ancient nautical ephemerides in existence.
Of the regular annual ephemerides the earliest, so far as I am aware, is the Connaissance des Temps or French Nautical Almanac.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
At first they were not regular, annual publications, issued by governments, as at the present time, but the works of individual astronomers who issued their ephemerides for several years in advance, at irregular intervals.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
Now, I gather from Professor Adams' remarks that upon this question the ephemerides which we now employ have some important bearing.
