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Julian Epoch
    

Let JD be the Julian date, then the Julian "epoch" is defined by


Besselian Epoch




References

United States Government Printing Office. The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2000. Washington, DC: Navy Dept., Naval Observatory, Nautical Almanac Office, p. B4, 2000.



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