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Billion years and Epoch (astronomy)

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Difference between Billion years and Epoch (astronomy)

Billion years vs. Epoch (astronomy)

A billion years (109 years) is a unit of time on the petasecond scale, more precisely equal to seconds. 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 Billion years and Epoch (astronomy)

Billion years and Epoch (astronomy) have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): Astronomy, Julian year (astronomy), Year.

Astronomy

Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.

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Julian year (astronomy)

In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.

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Year

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

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Billion years and Epoch (astronomy) Comparison

Billion years has 22 relations, while Epoch (astronomy) has 63. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 3.53% = 3 / (22 + 63).

References

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