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
To do this successfully, and without waste of time, it is necessary to have an astronomical ephemeris for the year.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
From the resulting elements of the orbit the positions of the body from day to day may be computed and tabulated in an ephemeris for the use of observers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
The astronomical part of our ephemeris, therefore, gives the positions of the principal fixed stars, the sun, moon, and all the larger planets at the moment of transit over our own meridian.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
We should all turn into flaming ephemerides, fluttering about the crater of a perpetually active volcano.
From The Witch of Prague by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Bessel, is used in the English, American and French ephemerides, the other—P. A. Hansen’s—in the German and in the eclipse tables of T. Ritter von Oppolzer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
To the end of a long life, she played an almost sovereign part, so that in the ephemerides of Hawaii, the progresses of Kaahumanu are chronicled along with the deaths and the accessions of kings.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Two systems of eclipse elements are now adopted in the ephemerides and tables; the one, that of F.W.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
The leading nations publish ephemerides of this sort.
From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Simon Newcomb
