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A synodic day (or synodic rotation period or solar day) is the period for a celestial object to rotate once in relation to the star it is orbiting, and is the basis of solar time. The synodic day is distinguished from the sidereal day , which is one complete rotation in relation to distant stars [ 1 ] and is the basis of sidereal time.
A synod (/ ˈ s ɪ n ə d /) is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application.The word synod comes from the Ancient Greek σύνοδος (synodos) ' assembly, meeting '; the term is analogous with the Latin word concilium ' council '.
The period of the Moon's orbit as defined with respect to the celestial sphere of apparently fixed stars (the International Celestial Reference Frame; ICRF) is known as a sidereal month because it is the time it takes the Moon to return to a similar position among the stars (Latin: sidera): 27.321 661 days (27 d 7 h 43 min 11.6 s).
Synodic orbital period, synodic year or synodic time, the time of an celestial object reappearing in relation two other objects Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Synodic .
The Synodical Conference was founded at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a member at that time of the Wisconsin Synod.. In October 1870 the Ohio Synod contacted the Illinois, Missouri, Norwegian, and Wisconsin synods to see if they would be interested in a union of Midwestern confessional synods.
Eclipse cycles have a period in which a certain number of synodic months closely equals an integer or half-integer number of draconic months: one such period after an eclipse, a syzygy (new moon or full moon) takes place again near a node of the Moon's orbit on the ecliptic, and an eclipse can occur again. However, the synodic and draconic ...
The Convocations of Canterbury and York are the synodical assemblies of the bishops and clergy of each of the two provinces which comprise the Church of England.Their origins go back to the ecclesiastical reorganisation carried out under Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury (668–690) and the establishment of a separate northern province in 733.
[46] [47] The October session, held behind closed doors, took place over a three week period. [48] The assembly proceedings were described by some who had attended as "long and demanding". [49] On October 13, Sister María de los Dolores Palencia Gómez led the Synod, which made her the first woman to preside over any Catholic Synod of Bishops ...