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Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)This catalog is a supplement to the "Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses." It includes additional information for each eclipse that could not be included in the original 648-page publication because of size limits. The data tabulated for each eclipse include the catalog number, canon plate number, calendar date, Terrestrial Dynamical Time of greatest eclipse, (Delta)T, lunation number, Saros number, eclipse type, Quincena Lunar Eclipse parameter, gamma, eclipse magnitude, geographic coordinates of greatest eclipse (latitude and longitude), and the circumstances at greatest eclipse (i.e., Sun altitude and azimuth, path width, and central line duration). The Canon and the Catalog both use the same solar and lunar ephemerides as well as the same values of (Delta)T. This 1-to-1 correspondence between them will enhance the value of each. The researcher may now search, evaluate, and compare eclipses graphically (Canon) or textually (Catalog).
Document ID
20080040150
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Technical Publication (TP)
Authors
Espenak, Fred
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Meeus, Jean
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 2008
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
NASA/TP-2008-214170
Rept-200702402
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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