ephemeris

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

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014

When our ephemeris was first commenced, the corrections applied to existing tables rendered it more accurate than any other.

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

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

Gauss published an approximate ephemeris of probable positions when the planet should emerge from the sun’s light.

From History of Astronomy by Forbes, George