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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4565.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4565. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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The time system in use for most civil and many astronomical purposes and based on the motion of a hypothetical object called the mean Sun, the right ascension of which increases from day to day at a uniform rate. The local mean time is defined to be the local hour angle of the mean Sun plus 12 h. Greenwich mean time is taken as the standard for reference; the term Universal Time (UT) is synonymou...

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