ephemeris time
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- US Pronunciation
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- /-mə-rəs taɪm/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- /-mə-rəs taɪm/
Definitions of ephemeris time words
- noun ephemeris time time that is based on the orbit of the earth around the sun rather than the axial rotation of the earth, one ephemeris second being 1⁄31 556 925.9747 of the tropical year 1900. It was used from 1960 to 1983 as an astronomical timescale but has been replaced by terrestrial dynamical time and barycentric dynamic time 0
- noun ephemeris time (astronomy) A former standard astronomical time scale intended to overcome the drawbacks of irregularly fluctuating mean solar time, superseded in the 1970s. 0
- noun ephemeris time (astronomy) A modern relativistic-coordinate time scale. 0
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ephemeris time popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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