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Before Present and Epoch (astronomy)

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Difference between Before Present and Epoch (astronomy)

Before Present vs. Epoch (astronomy)

Before Present (BP) years is a time scale used mainly in geology and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred in the past. In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity, such as the celestial coordinates or elliptical orbital elements of a celestial body, because these are subject to perturbations and vary with time.

Similarities between Before Present and Epoch (astronomy)

Before Present and Epoch (astronomy) have 1 thing in common (in Unionpedia): Year.

Year

A year is the orbital period of the Earth moving in its orbit around the Sun.

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Before Present and Epoch (astronomy) Comparison

Before Present has 28 relations, while Epoch (astronomy) has 63. As they have in common 1, the Jaccard index is 1.10% = 1 / (28 + 63).

References

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