Gerald M. Clemence

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Gerald M. Clemence

American astronomer

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astronomer Gerald M. Clemence in 1948 derived the equations needed to define a dynamical scale numerically and to convert measurements of the Moon’s position into time values. The fundamental definition was based on the Earth’s orbital motion as given by Newcomb’s tables of the Sun of…
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astronomer Gerald M. Clemence in 1948 derived the equations needed to define a dynamical scale numerically and to convert measurements of the Moon’s position into time values. The fundamental definition was based on the Earth’s orbital motion as given by Newcomb’s tables of the Sun of…
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