Besselian year

GPTKB entity

Statements (16)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:standard
gptkbp:calculationMethod mean tropical year at epoch B1900.0
gptkbp:definedIn interval between two successive passages of the Sun through the mean longitude 280°
gptkbp:duration approximately 365.242198781 days
gptkbp:epochExample gptkb:B1900.0
B1950.0
gptkbp:firstDefined 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Besselian year
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Friedrich_Bessel
gptkbp:notation B followed by the year number (e.g., B1950.0)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Julian_year
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Julian_year
gptkbp:usedFor specifying epochs in star catalogs
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Friedrich_Bessel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5