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Determinations of Precession (Invited Review Paper)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Walter Fricke
Walter Fricke*
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, D.B.R.

Abstract

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Recent determinations of lunisolar precession and of the motion of the equinox are reviewed. Methods of determination are discussed which are based on proper motions referred to fundamental systems, on planetary motions, and on proper motions referred to galaxies. It is concluded that a new fundamental catalogue, which will replace the FK4 at some future date, should be based on revised values of precession and freed from errors in the motion of the equinox.

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Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 9: The IAU System of Astronomical Constants , October 1971 , pp. 150 - 162
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971

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