ephemeris
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This is the offset to apply to Chariklo’s ephemeris to fit the observations.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
For instance, under the entry newspaper occurs the attractive word ephemeris.
From Public Speaking by Clarence Stratton
To recognize it, it is necessary to have an astronomical ephemeris showing its right ascension and declination, and star maps showing where the parallels of right ascension and declination lie among the stars.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
The astronomical ephemeris is the last outcome of their productive genius.”
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
This is a stellar ephemeris, just as packed with facts as an egg is with meat.
From The Ethical Engineer by Harry Harrison
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
At first they were not regular, annual publications, issued by governments, as at the present time, but the works of individual astronomers who issued their ephemerides for several years in advance, at irregular intervals.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
The leading nations publish ephemerides of this sort.
From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Simon Newcomb
Of the regular annual ephemerides the earliest, so far as I am aware, is the Connaissance des Temps or French Nautical Almanac.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
The preceding are the principal astronomical and nautical ephemerides of the world, but there are a number of minor publications, of the same class, of which I cannot pretend to give a complete list.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb