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Explanatory supplement to the Astronomical almanac : a revision to the Explanatory supplement to the astronomical ephemeris and the American ephemeris and nautical almanac by P. Kenneth Seidelmann; United States Naval Observatory Nautical Almanac Office; Great Britain Nautical Almanac Office is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>The Explanatory Supplement provides a detailed description of how to perform practical astronomy or spherical astronomy, how the computations for the Astronomical Almanac are performed, and the underlying information required by someone using the Almanac or wanting to perform related computations. This completely revised and rewritten edition of the Explanatory Supplement is an authoritative source on astronomical phenomena and calendars and includes details for FK5 J2000.0 reference system and transformations; details on celestial and terrestrial coordinate systems; current values of astrometric quantities; explanation of eclipse of Sun and Moon computations; details of time scales and their relationships; and detailed descriptions of ephemerides and characteristics of the planets.</p>

Author

P. Kenneth Seidelmann; United States Naval Observatory Nautical Almanac Office; Great Britain Nautical Almanac Office

Publisher

University Science Books

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781891389450