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 a consequence of the several difficulties and drawbacks, when the computation of our ephemeris was started, in the year 1849, there were no tables which could be regarded as really satisfactory in use.

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

They sell in Persia an annual almanac called Tacuim, which is properly an ephemeris containing the longitude and latitude of the planets, their conjunctions and oppositions, and other such matter.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

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