• Newcomb's Tables of the Sun (full title Tables of the Motion of the Earth on its Axis and Around the Sun) is a work by the American astronomer and mathematician...
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  • Newcomb's Tables of the Sun (1895), implemented in a new way to accommodate certain observed discrepancies: In the introduction to Tables of the Sun,...
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    Simon Newcomb's Tables of the Sun (1895), interpreted in a new way to accommodate certain observed discrepancies. Newcomb's tables formed the basis of all...
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    Ecliptic Effect of Sun angle on climate Newcomb's Tables of the Sun Solar azimuth angle Solar elevation angle Solar irradiance Solar time Sun path Sunrise...
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    proposal of this kind was published in 1948 and adopted by the IAU in 1952 (see Ephemeris time - history). Using data from Newcomb's Tables of the Sun (based...
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    0 (at Greenwich Mean Noon) was also the epoch used by Newcomb's Tables of the Sun, which became the epoch for the Dublin Julian day. February 30 or 30...
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    early as 1950 to define the second as a fraction of a year. The Earth's motion was described in Newcomb's Tables of the Sun (1895), which provided a...
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    be based on Newcomb's calculations: Newcomb's Tables of the Sun. As late as 1950, another conference confirmed Newcomb's constants as the international...
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  • Fundamental ephemeris (category Dynamics of the Solar System)
    Astronomical Almanac Jet Propulsion Laboratory Development Ephemeris Newcomb's Tables of the Sun The Nautical Almanac Folkner (April 30, 2014). "JPL Memo IOM 392R-14-003"...
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  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory Development Ephemeris (JPL) ELP-2000 Newcomb's Tables of the Sun Bretagnon, P.; Francou, G. (1988). "Planetary Theories in rectangular...
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