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Ephemeris time
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Abstract
In this article is described the measurement of time from a more general point of view than has been taken before. It is shown that mean solar time and ephemeris time are two particular applications of the general principle of measuring time by observing angular motions, a principle that can be applied to any angular motion whatever, provided that an adequate theory of the motion is available.
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- Part II. The Rotation of the Earth
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- Copyright © American Astronomical Society 1959
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