Contents
| Preface | 3 |
| Seasons, some constants | 5 |
| Sidereal time | 6 |
| Ephemeris of the Sun | 10 |
| Rectangular equatorial coordinates of the Sun | 26 |
| Aberration, parallax, mean longitude of the Sun, obliquity of the ecliptic, nutation in obliquity | 34 |
| Mean longitude of the Moon, mean elements of the Moon's orbit and equator | 35 |
| Ephemeris of the Moon | 36 |
| Right ascension, declination and geocentric distance of the Moon | 52 |
| Coefficients of the Tchebyshov polynomials, the Moon | 60 |
| Phases of the Moon, perigee and apogee | 60 |
| Heliocentric coordinates of the planets | 61 |
| Osculating elements of the internal planets | 66 |
| Osculating elements of the outer planets | 67 |
| Ephemeris of Mercury | 68 |
| Ephemeris of Venus | 76 |
| Ephemeris of Mars | 84 |
| Ephemeris of Jupiter | 92 |
| Ephemeris of Saturn | 100 |
| Ephemeris of Uranus | 108 |
| Ephemeris of Neptune | 116 |
| Ephemeris of Pluto | 124 |
| Position and velocity of the Earth | 126 |
| Precession and nutation | 127 |
| Terms of reductions at 0h Terrestrial Dynamical Time | 142 |
| Eclipses | 150 |
| Planetary configurations | 162 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of the Sun | 166 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of the Moon | 170 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Mercury | 178 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Venus | 186 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Mars | 190 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Jupiter | 198 |
| Physical data for the Sun, Moon, and major planets | 205 |
| Rotational elements of the planets | 205 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Saturn | 206 |
| Saturn's rings | 212 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Uranus | 214 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Neptune | 216 |
| Times of sunrise and sunset for latitudes from +30° through +70° | 218 |
| Times of moonrise and moonset for latitudes from +30° through +70° | 226 |
| Abbreviations of names of constellations | 258 |
| Abbreviations of names of catalogues | 258 |
| Mean places of stars (J20098.5) | 259 |
| Mean places of circumpolar stars (J2009.5) | 273 |
| Mean places of stars (ICRS) | 274 |
| Mean places of circumpolar stars (ICRS) | 288 |
| Terms of reductions for 0h of sidereal dynamical time | 289 |
| Second order terms of reductions | 297 |
| Apparent places of stars | 301 |
| Apparent places of circumpolar stars | 484 |
| Tables for latitude determinations from observations of Polaris | 578 |
| Table for altitudes and azimuths of Polaris | 583 |
| Earth rotation angle and Equation of the Origins | 586 |
| Celestial Intermediate Reference System | 590 |
| Matrix elements for conversion to CIRS | 594 |
Auxiliary tables
| I. | Julian dates | 603 |
| II. | Conversion of mean time to sidereal time (with accuracy 0.01s) | 608 |
| IIb. | Conversion of sidereal time to mean time (with accuracy 0.01s) | 609 |
| III. | Conversion of mean time to sidereal time (with accuracy 0.001s and 0.0001s) | 610 |
| IIIb. | Conversion of sidereal time to mean time (with accuracy 0.001s and 0.0001s) | 611 |
| IV. | Conversion of minutes and seconds to parts of gradus and
back |
612 |
| IVb. | Conversion of decimal parts of gradus to minutes and
seconds and back |
612 |
| V. | Conversion of arc to time | 614 |
| VI. | Conversion of minutes and seconds to parts of hour | 614 |
| VII. | Conversion of hours, minutes and seconds to parts of day | 615 |
| VIII. | Elements of PE-90 Earth's spheroid. Calculation geocentric coordinates of the Earth's surface points | 616 |
| VIIIb. | Elements of IUGG Earth's spheroid. Calculation geocentric coordinates of the Earth's surface points | 617 |
| IX. | Coefficients of Bessel's interpolation formula | 618 |
| X. | Refraction (the precision 1") | 619 |
| XI. | Refraction (the precision 0.1") | 620 |
Explanation to Astronomical Yearbook for 2009
| 1. | General remarks | 621 |
| 2. | Interpolation | 630 |
| 3. | Sidereal time | 633 |
| 4. | Transition from One Time Measure System to Another | 634 |
| 5. | Fundamental ephemeris of the Sun, the Moon, and major planets | 638 |
| 6. | Ephemeris of the Sun: the equatorial and ecliptical coordinates | 641 |
| 7. | Rectangular equatorial coordinates of the Sun | 645 |
| 8. | Mean elements of Sun's orbit. Mean elements of Moon's orbit and equator | 645 |
| 9. | Ephemeris of the Moon. Coefficients of the Tchebyshov polynomials. Phases of the Moon, perigee, apogee | 645 |
| 10. | Heliocentric coordinates of planets. Osculating elements | 647 |
| 11. | Ephemerides of the major planets | 648 |
| 12. | Position and velocity of the Earth. precession and nutation | 650 |
| 13. | Terms of reductions | 652 |
| 14. | Eclipses |
653 |
| 15. | Planetary configurations and other astronomical phenomena | 657 |
| 16. | Ephemeris for physical observations of the Sun | 657 |
| 17. | Ephemeris for physical observations of the Moon | 658 |
| 18. | Planetocentric and planetographic coordinates of the Earth and the Sun | 659 |
| 19. | Ephemeris for physical observations of planets | 661 |
| 20. | Saturn's rings | 662 |
| 21. | Times of rise and set of the Sun and Moon | 663 |
| 22. | Mean places of stars | 664 |
| 23. | Apparent places of stars | 666 |
| 24. | Apparent places of circumpolar stars | 674 |
| 25. | Tables for latitude determinations from observations of Polaris | 677 |
| 26. | Earth rotation angle and Equation of the Origins | 678 |
| 27. | Parameters of the Celestial Intermediate Reference System | 679 |
| 28. | Matrix elements for conversion from ICRS to CIRS | 679 |
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Index | 681 |