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

In one direction, however, our ephemeris will hereafter be far ahead of all others.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science 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

From the resulting elements of the orbit the positions of the body from day to day may be computed and tabulated in an ephemeris for the use of observers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various