Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical AlmanacThe original Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Ephemeris and the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac was published in 1961 and revised in 1974. In 1981 the series of publications titled The Astronomical Ephemeris and the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac were continued under the single title The Astronomical Almanac. Thus, the title of the new edition of the Explanatory Supplement. |
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| Title | Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac |
| Authors | United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office, Great Britain. Nautical Almanac Office, Jet propulsion laboratory (Pasadena, Californie)., Bureau des longitudes (France). |
| Editor | P. Kenneth Seidelmann |
| Contributor | Stati Uniti d'America. Naval observatory |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | University Science Books, 1992 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | Jan 20, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0935702687, 9780935702682 |
| Length | 752 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Space Science / Astronomy |
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