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Table 1

Some Besselian and Julian epochs.

Epoch ISO-8601 date Julian date

B1900 1899-12-31T19:31:26.4(ET) 2415020.3135(ET)
B1950 1949-12-31T22:09:50.4(ET) 2433282.4235(ET)
J1900 1899-12-31T12:00:00(ET) 2415020.0(ET)
J2000 2000-01-01T12:00:00(TDB) 2451545.00(TDB)
J2001 2000-12-31T18:00:00(TDB) 2451910.25(TDB)
J2002 2002-01-01T00:00:00(TDB) 2452275.50(TDB)
J2003 2003-01-01T06:00:00(TDB) 2452640.75(TDB)
J2004 2004-01-01T12:00:00(TDB) 2453006.00(TDB)

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