Table of Contents

Introduction to Positional Astronomy - Time - Celestial Reference Systems - Terrestrial Coordinates and the Rotation of the Earth - Orbital Ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, and Planets - Orbital Ephemerides of Rings and Satellites - Physical Ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Satellites - Eclipses of the Sun and Moon - Astronomical Phenomena - Stars and Stellar Systems - Computational Techniques - Calendars - Historical Information - Related Publications - Reference Data -

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P. KENNETH SEIDELMANN is a Research Professor at the University of Virginia, USA and previously held the post of director of Astronomy at the US Naval Observatory. His recent work has focused on space astrometry missions, Origins Billion Star Survey (OBSS), Astrometric Mapping Explorer (AMEX), and the Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer (FAME). He is Chair of the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements and the Celestial Mechanics Institute.