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Sidereal time ("
sidereal"
pronounced /saɪˈdɪəriəl, sə-/ sy-DEER-ee-əl, sə-) is a
system of
timekeeping used
especially by astronomers.
Using sidereal...
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sidereal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Sidereal,
meaning "of the stars", may
refer to:
Sidereal time
Sidereal day
Sidereal month Sidereal year...
- In astrology,
sidereal and
tropical are
terms that
refer to two
different systems of
ecliptic coordinates used to
divide the
ecliptic into
twelve "signs"...
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celestial objects in general, the
orbital period typically refers to the
sidereal period,
determined by a 360°
revolution of one body
around its primary...
- A
sidereal year (/saɪˈdɪəri.əl/, US also /sɪ-/; from
Latin sidus 'asterism, star'), also
called a
sidereal orbital period, is the time that
Earth or another...
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calendar of this type is
called a
sidereal solar calendar. The mean
calendar year of such a
calendar approximates the
sidereal year.
Leaping from one lunation...
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minutes and 11.5 seconds, the
sidereal month is
about 2.2 days
shorter than the
synodic month. Thus,
about 13.37
sidereal months, but
about 12.37 synodic...
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distinguished from the
sidereal day,
which is one
complete rotation in
relation to
distant stars and is the
basis of
sidereal time. In the case of a tidally...
- details, see the
article on
classical comp**** winds).[citation needed] The
sidereal comp**** rose
demarcates the comp****
points by the
position of
stars ("steering...
- the
sidereal year. Instead, they
employ their versions of the
Metonic cycle. However,
since the
Metonic cycle is not very
accurate for
sidereal years...
