ephemeris

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This is the offset to apply to Chariklo’s ephemeris to fit the observations.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014

As it is the oldest, so, in respect at least to number of pages, it is the largest ephemeris of the present time.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon

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 Newcomb, Simon

Another part of the ephemeris gives the position of the heavenly bodies, not at equidistant intervals, but at transit over some meridian.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon

As a consequence of the several difficulties and drawbacks, when the computation of our ephemeris was started, in the year 1849, there were no tables which could be regarded as really satisfactory in use.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon