Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke1902s&link_type=abstract
"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1902. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts
Scientific paper
Celestial coordinates are the means of specifying the location of a celestial object within some reference frame. In astronomy, it is necessary and convenient to represent the position of an object, such as a star or a planet, in several different coordinate systems according to the context in which the position is to be used. Coordinates of an object correspond to a particular way of expressing ...
Murdin Paul
Seidelman P.
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