ephemeris time
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ephemeris time
n
(Horology) 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 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 It was used from 1960 to 1983 as an astronomical timescale but has been replaced by terrestrial dynamical time and barycentric dynamic time
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ephem′eris time`
n.
time measured by the orbital movements of the earth, the moon, and the planets.
[1945–50]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods |
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