ephemeris

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

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014

One of the purposes of any ephemeris, and especially of that of the navigators, is to give the position of the heavenly bodies at equidistant intervals of time, usually one day.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon

In some, however, the original plural is not so formed; but is made by changing is to ~ides; as, aphis, aphides; apsis, apsides; ascaris, ascarides; bolis, bolides; cantharis, cantharides; chrysalis, chrysalides; ephemeris, ephemerides; epidermis, epidermides.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

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

I take, for example, the ephemeris for the year 1901, and I look under the heading "Jupiter" on page 239, for the month of July.

From Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries by Serviss, Garrett Putman