sidereal
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I mean, it still feels like fall, by the rhythm of the sidereal calendar I had imprinted in me by Sid and Marty Krofft.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
But one puzzling signal showed up most days at the same sidereal time.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 3, 2018
Mr Beck, Rocket Lab’s wise man, has taken it upon himself to create his own sidereal epiphany.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2018
However, astronomers also use a sidereal day, which is defined in terms of the rotation period of Earth with respect to the stars.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
That’s where Mercer’s triumph manifests itself, there at the end of the great sidereal cycle.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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