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  2. Planetary hours - Wikipedia

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    The planetary hours are an ancient system in which one of the seven classical planets is given rulership over each day and various parts of the day. Developed in Hellenistic astrology, it has possible roots in older Babylonian astrology, and it is the origin of the names of the days of the week as used in English and numerous other languages.

  3. Rotation period (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    For solid objects, such as rocky planets and asteroids, the rotation period is a single value.For gaseous or fluid bodies, such as stars and giant planets, the period of rotation varies from the object's equator to its pole due to a phenomenon called differential rotation.

  4. Astrology software - Wikipedia

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    Computer astrology programs today typically make accurate planet position calculations, display and print these positions using astrological glyph symbols in graphic charts, save and retrieve individuals' data to and from database files, compare the planet positions of different charts to find the astrological aspects between them (e.g. for ...

  5. Equation of time - Wikipedia

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    Animation showing equation of time and analemma path over one year.. The United States Naval Observatory states "the Equation of Time is the difference apparent solar time minus mean solar time", i.e. if the sun is ahead of the clock the sign is positive, and if the clock is ahead of the sun the sign is negative.

  6. Sidereal time - Wikipedia

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    More exactly, sidereal time is the angle, measured along the celestial equator, from the observer's meridian to the great circle that passes through the March equinox (the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox) and both celestial poles, and is usually expressed in hours, minutes, and seconds.

  7. Numerical model of the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    Limiting ourselves to 1 dimension only in some general computer language: a.old = gravitationfunction(x.old) x.new = x.old + v.old * dt v.new = v.old + a.old * dt As in essence the acceleration used for the whole duration of the timestep, is the one as it was in the beginning of the timestep, this simple method has no high accuracy.

  8. Equatorium - Wikipedia

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    At least 15 minutes was needed to calculate the planetary position with the use of a table for each celestial body. [9] A horoscope of that era would have required the positions of seven astronomical objects, requiring nearly two hours of manual calculation time.

  9. Astronomical clock - Wikipedia

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    Similarly in winter, daylight hours are shorter, and night hours are longer. These unequal hours are shown by the curved lines radiating from the center. The longer daylight hours in summer can usually be seen at the outer edge of the dial, and the time in unequal hours is read by noting the intersection of the sun hand with the appropriate ...