ephemeris
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This is the offset to apply to Chariklo’s ephemeris to fit the observations.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
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
Gauss published an approximate ephemeris of probable positions when the planet should emerge from the sun’s light.
From History of Astronomy by George Forbes
They sell in Persia an annual almanac called Tacuim, which is properly an ephemeris containing the longitude and latitude of the planets, their conjunctions and oppositions, and other such matter.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
An old ephemeris, and one well known in astronomy is that published by the Observatory of Milan, Italy, which has lately entered upon the second century of its existence.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
In the present day, the nautical ephemerides contain, several years in advance, the indication of the times of the eclipses and reappearances of Jupiter's satellites.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Robert Grant
The computation of their perturbations and ephemerides by Euler’s and Lagrange’s method of variable elements became so laborious that Encke devised a special process for these, which can be applied to many other disturbed orbits.
From History of Astronomy by George Forbes
At the present day the nautical ephemerides contain, several years in advance, the indications of the times of the eclipses and reappearances of Jupiter's satellites.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
His tables of the moon are those now used for predicting the places of the moon in all the ephemerides of the world.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
To avoid any chance of mistake, it should be prominently stated on each page of the ephemerides that mean time reckoned from mean midnight is kept throughout.
