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ephemeris

[ih-fem-er-is] / ɪˈfɛm ər ɪs /


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

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014

His Merlini Anglici ephemeris, issued annually from 1642 to 1681, brought him a great deal of money.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

The first appropriation for an American ephemeris and nautical almanac was made by Congress in 1849.

From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer 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

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




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