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  2. Sidereal time - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... An increase of 360° in the ERA is a full rotation of the Earth. A sidereal day on Earth is ... and apparent ...

  3. Sidereal clock - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Sidereal time;

  4. Rotation period (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    27.321661 days [7] (equal to sidereal orbital period due to spin-orbit locking, a sidereal lunar month) 27 d 7 h 43 m 11.5 s: 29.530588 days [7] (equal to synodic orbital period, due to spin-orbit locking, a synodic lunar month) none (due to spin-orbit locking) Mars: 1.02595675 days [3] 1 d 0 h 37 m 22.663 s: 1.02749125 [8] days: Ceres: 0.37809 ...

  5. Astronomical clock - Wikipedia

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    A domestic clock housed in a wooden case, it gives indications including the solar, mean and sidereal time around the world, the positions of the constellations and planets, and the appearance of Halley's Comet. [17] Sint-Truiden. The astronomical clock constructed by Kamiel Festraets between 1937 and 1942 is now housed in the Festraets Museum.

  6. Earth orientation parameters - Wikipedia

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    Universal time tracks the Earth's rotation in time, which performs one revolution in about 24 hours. The Earth's rotation is uneven, so UT is not linear with respect to atomic time. It is practically proportional to the sidereal time, which is also a direct measure of Earth rotation. The excess revolution time is called length of day (LOD).

  7. Sidereal day - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. ... Sidereal time#Sidereal day;

  8. Sidereal year - Wikipedia

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    The sidereal year differs from the solar year, "the period of time required for the ecliptic longitude of the Sun to increase 360 degrees", [2] due to the precession of the equinoxes. The sidereal year is 20 min 24.5 s longer than the mean tropical year at J2000.0 (365.242 190 402 ephemeris days). [1]

  9. Clock drive - Wikipedia

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    Clock drive mechanism in the pier of the German equatorial mount for the 8-inch refracting telescope at Aldershot Observatory.. In astronomy, a clock drive (also known as a sidereal drive or field rotator) is a motor-controlled mechanism used to move an equatorial mounted telescope along one axis to keep the aim in exact sync with the apparent motion of the fixed stars on the celestial sphere.