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    Precession is a change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body. In an appropriate reference frame it can be defined as a change in...
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    In astronomy, axial precession is a gravity-induced, slow, and continuous change in the orientation of an astronomical body's rotational axis. In the absence...
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    Lunar precession is a term used for three different precession motions related to the Moon. First, it can refer to change in orientation of the lunar rotational...
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  • In physics, Larmor precession (named after Joseph Larmor) is the precession of the magnetic moment of an object about an external magnetic field. The phenomenon...
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  • is constant Precession may refer to: Precession, one of the Euler rotations Axial precession or precession of the equinoxes, the precession of the Earth's...
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    In celestial mechanics, apsidal precession (or apsidal advance) is the precession (gradual rotation) of the line connecting the apsides (line of apsides)...
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    2nd century BC, as well as into developing the Hindu zodiac. Due to the precession of the equinoxes, the time of year the Sun is in a given constellation...
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  • In celestial mechanics, orbital precession may refer to: Apsidal precession, where the major axis of an elliptical orbit cycles its orientation within...
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    The geodetic effect (also known as geodetic precession, de Sitter precession or de Sitter effect) represents the effect of the curvature of spacetime,...
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    1920s, he hypothesized that variations in eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession combined to result in cyclical variations in the intra-annual and latitudinal...
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    Phase precession is a neurophysiological process in which the time of firing of action potentials by individual neurons occurs progressively earlier in...
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  • "anomalous" precession of the perihelion of Mercury, the bending of light in gravitational fields, and the gravitational redshift. The precession of Mercury...
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    In physics, the Thomas precession, named after Llewellyn Thomas, is a relativistic correction that applies to the spin of an elementary particle or the...
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  • implement a dedicated mission aimed to measure the Lense–Thirring node precession of a pair of counter-orbiting spacecraft to be placed in terrestrial polar...
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  • In general relativity, Lense–Thirring precession or the Lense–Thirring effect (Austrian German: [ˈlɛnsə ˈtɪrɪŋ]; named after Josef Lense and Hans Thirring)...
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  • Nodal precession is the precession of the orbital plane of a satellite around the rotational axis of an astronomical body such as Earth. This precession is...
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    Kochab. The precession of the equinoxes takes about 25,770 years to complete a cycle. Polaris' mean position (taking account of precession and proper motion)...
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  • corrections to the Newtonian precession, of a gyroscope near a large mass such as the earth. They are: Thomas precession a special relativistic correction...
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    Precession electron diffraction (PED) is a specialized method to collect electron diffraction patterns in a transmission electron microscope (TEM). By...
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    used to demonstrate the principle. A simple case of precession, also known as steady precession, can be described by the following relation to Moment:...
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    two, for several reasons explained below. Because of the Earth's axial precession, this year is about 20 minutes shorter than the sidereal year. The mean...
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    Astrological age (category Precession)
    the axial precession of the Earth and commonly referred to as precession of the equinoxes; secondly, that, due to the nature of the precession of the equinoxes...
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  • parameters include the precession of the equinoxes, obliquity, and eccentricity as put forth by the Milankovitch theory. The precession of the equinoxes is...
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    Precession is the process of a round part in a round hole, rotating with respect to each other, wherein the inner part begins rolling around the circumference...
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    the Earth's slow precessional rotation and lasts for 2,160 years, on average (one Great Year equals 25,920-year period of precession / 12 zodiac signs...
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    A proton magnetometer, also known as a proton precession magnetometer (PPM), uses the principle of Earth's field nuclear magnetic resonance (EFNMR) to...
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    Axial tilt (category Precession)
    relative to a stationary orbital plane throughout the cycles of axial precession. But the ecliptic (i.e., Earth's orbit) moves due to planetary perturbations...
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  • False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data are presented in a manner...
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    eastward by 360°. The Moon's apsidal precession is distinct from the nodal precession of its orbital plane and axial precession of the moon itself. The mean inclination...
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    Steady-state free precession (SSFP) imaging is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequence which uses steady states of magnetizations. In general, SSFP...
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