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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Sean E Urban; P Kenneth Seidelmann |
ISBN: | 9781891389856 1891389858 |
OCLC Number: | 787507823 |
Description: | xxxiv, 676 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents: | 1. Introduction to Positional Astronomy -- 2. Relativity for Astrometry, Celestial Mechanics and Metrology -- 3. Time -- 4. The Fundamental Celestial Reference System -- 5. Terrestrial Coordinates and the Rotation of the Earth -- 6. Precession, Nutation, Polar Motion, and Earth Rotation -- 7. Positions -- 8. Orbital Ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, and Planets -- 9. Planetary Satellites and Rings -- 10. Physical Ephemerides of Solar System Bodies -- 11. Eclipses of the Sun and Moon -- 12. Astronomical Phenomena -- 13. Stars and Stellar Systems -- 14. Computational Techniques -- 15. Calendars. |
Other Titles: | Astronomical almanac for the year ... |
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'Careful measurements have always been the key to mastery of planetary and stellar dynamics and the cosmic distance scale. The material detailed in this book is the very bedrock underlying much else that we know about our own solar system and beyond.' - Roger W. Sinnott, Senior Contributing Editor, Sky & Telescope Read more...
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