Time Scales and Coordinate Systems, Section B
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Page A85, eclipse diagram:
the point labeled "Greatest Eclipse" is incorrect and should be ignored.
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Page A89, eclipse diagram:
the point labeled "Greatest Eclipse" is incorrect and should be ignored.
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Page B7, paragraph 4, line 7:
replace “longitudes of the Earth and Jupiter” with “ecliptic longitudes of the Sun and Jupiter”
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Page B26, line 10:
replace Rn(θ) with Rn(φ)
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Page B60, last sentence under “Reduction from GCRS to the Celestial Intermediate Reference System — rigorous formulae”:
replace a = 1/2 + Z/8 with a = 1/2 + (1/8)*(X2+Y2)
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Page B70, line 7:
replace “longitude of the Earth” with “ecliptic longitude of the Sun”
The Moon, Section D
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Page D2, Mean inclination of the lunar orbit to the ecliptic:
replace 5.145 3964 with 5.156 6898
Satellites of the Planets, Section F
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Page F4, XIX Ymir:
replace 1315.21 with 1315.21 R
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Page F4: Pluto satellite I Charon's Inclination of Orbit should have a footnote stating “Relative to Earth's J2000.0 equator”
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Page F47: Satellite diagram for Uranus should state “Satellite Motions are Clockwise”
Minor Planets and Comets, Section G
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Multiple pages:
On pages G5 onwards, the minor planet transit times contain an unpredictable error. Mostly the times are in error by 0.1 or 0.2 minutes; occasionally the error reaches 0.4 minutes. Corrected pages may be downloaded here.