Planetary Phenomena, Section A
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Page A3, Heliocentric Phenomena:
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Time-Scales and Coordinate Systems, Section B
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Page B8, line 11:
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Page B8, second paragraph, last line:
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Page B29, in the equation for the precessional constant M:
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Page B30, Reduction of Celestial Coordinates:
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Pages B32-B39, table of Nutation, Obliquity & Intermediate System:
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Page B56, Approximate formulae for the pole of the Celestial Intermediate Reference System:
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Page B57, Table containing the terms for the Series Parts of s and the Equation of the Equinoxes, fourth column headed “Coefficient C'k for EqE:”
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Page B67, Step B, line 11:
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The Sun, Section C
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Page C1, Eccentricity of the Sun:
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Page C1, Reference to osculating elements of the Earth/Moon barycenter:
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The Moon, Section D
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Page D2, Mean inclination of the lunar orbit to the ecliptic:
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Major Planets, Section E
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Page E2, under Heliocentric coordinates, page reference to the geocentric ecliptic coordinates of the Sun:
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Page E45, under Semidiameter and parallax, last paragraph:
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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.
Stars and Stellar Systems, Section H
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Page H10, Bright Stars, HR 2736:
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Astronomical Constants, Section K
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Page K7, item 16, General precession in longitude at J2000.0:
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