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The mathematical formulations used to compute the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and minor planets. Because the internet is full of approximations

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Published by the US Naval Observatory and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office, it serves as the "user guide" for The Astronomical Almanac . While the Almanac itself is a book of data—tables of numbers showing positions of stars and planets—the Supplement explains those numbers are calculated.