Besselian date

Besselian date

The time of an event, designated by giving the Besselian year in which the event occurred and the fraction of the Besselian year that had passed since the beginning of that year. Because the Besselian and tropical years are of nearly the same length, it is customary to give the fraction of a tropical year rather than the fraction of a Besselian year.

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