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synodic period
synodic period , in astronomy, length of time during which a body in the solar system makes one orbit of the sun relative to the earth, i.e., returns to the same elongation . Because the earth moves in its own orbit, the synodic period differs from the sidereal period, which is measured relative ... Read more
Synod of Whitby
Synod of Whitby called by King Oswy of Northumbria in 663 at Whitby, England. Its purpose was to choose between the usages of the Celtic and Roman churches, primarily in the matter of reckoning the date of Easter (see calendar ; Celtic Church ). Among those involved in the synod were Cædmon... Read more
Ebenezer Erskine
Ebenezer Erskine , 1680-1754, founder of the Secession Church in Scotland, minister of Portmoak, Kinross-shire (1703) and of Stirling (1731). He upheld the right of the people to make their own choice of pastors, for which he was censured, suspended, and deposed (1733). With three other ministers he... Read more
Saint Maximus
Saint Maximus c.580-662, Greek theologian. He was secretary to Emperor Heraclius and subsequently abbot at the monastery of Chrysopolis. To curb Monotheletism he went to Rome and persuaded Pope St. Martin I to convene the synod of 649, which denounced as heretical the Typus of Emperor Const... Read more
Third Council of Constantinople
Third Council of Constantinople 680, regarded by Roman Catholic and Orthodox Eastern churches as the sixth ecumenical council. It was convoked by Byzantine Emperor Constantine IV to deal with Monotheletism . The council was attended by more than 150 bishops from all over the world, and it was pres... Read more
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church Protestant denomination formed by the merger (1934) of the Reformed Church in the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North America. Both of these bodies had originated in the Reformation in Europe. Their churches in America were established by immigrants from... Read more
Burghers
Burghers , in the 18th cent., a party of the Secession Church of Scotland, resulting from one of the "breaches" in the history of Presbyterianism. To qualify as a burgess in certain burghs one was required to take an oath accepting the "true religion presently professed within this realm." O... Read more
Saint Wilfrid
Saint Wilfrid 634-709?, English churchman, b. Northumbria, of noble parentage. He was educated at Lindisfarne and Canterbury. With Benedict Biscop he traveled to Lyons and Rome in 654; Wilfrid remained to study in each city. In 661 he returned to England and became abbot of Ripon. Moved by Wilfrid'... Read more
Cambridge Platform
Cambridge Platform declaration of principles of church government and discipline, forming in fact a constitution of the Congregational churches. It was adopted (1648) by a church synod at Cambridge, Mass., and remains the basis of the temporal government of the churches. It had little to do with ma... Read more
Eutyches
Eutyches , c.378-c.452, archimandrite in Constantinople, sponsor of Eutychianism, the first phase of Monophysitism . He was the leader in Constantinople of the most violent opponents of Nestorianism , among whom was Dioscurus, successor to St. Cyril (d. 444) as patriarch of Alexandria. Whereas C... Read more

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synodic period
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition synodic period , in astronomy, length of time...the earth moves in its own orbit, the synodic period differs from the sidereal period...is measured relative to the stars. The synodic period of the moon, which is called the...
Calendars
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...the month (moon). A lunar calendar year is 12 synodic months long, where a synodic month is the time interval in which the phases...solar calendar, in which most years are 12 synodic months long, but a thirteenth month is inserted...
Aristarchus of Samos
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...contains three periods in which the period-relation holds: 223 synodic months = 239 anomalistic months = 242 draconic months. Neither...Year are based on the following period-relations: 30,105 synodic months = 32,265 anomalistic months = 32,670 draconic months...
Mercury (Planet)
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...orbit the sun, is 87.969 days. The planet ’ s synodic period, which is the time required for Mercury to return to...the planet is near greatest eastern elongation. Because the synodic period of Mercury is about 116 days, the planet will be favorably...
month
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...for the months in others than the Gregorian calendar, see calendar . For the difference between the sidereal month and the synodic month, see moon . Certain stones have in ancient and modern times been connected with the months; these lucky stones, or...
cycle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...as it orbits the earth, completing a cycle from one full moon to the next in about 29 1/2 days, or one lunar month (see synodic period ). The moon completes an orbit of the earth relative to the stars in one sidereal month, which is about 2 days shorter...
Pluto
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...the Earth year of 365.256 days), and the time for the planet to repeat alignments with respect to Earth and the sun (its synodic period) is 366.73 days. The large eccentricity of Pluto ’ s orbit can bring the planet closer to the sun than...
moon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...precise calendars for eclipses and other astronomical events. Astronomers now recognize different kinds of months, such as the synodic month of 29 days, 12 hr, 44 min, the period of the lunar phases , and the sidereal month of 27 days, 7 hr, 43 min, the...
Metonic cycle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Metonic cycle see synodic period .

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synodic month
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy synodic month The mean period between successive...new Moon; also known as a lunation . The synodic month is over two days longer than the...orbital motion around the Sun. The number of synodic months in the year is exactly one fewer...
synodic
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy synodic Relating to conjunctions of planets or satellites.
synodic period
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy synodic period The average time taken for a planet to return to the same position with respect to the Sun as seen from Earth, for example...
Pauliśa
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...rules relating to the Indian time-units called karanas (sixtieths of a synodic month), tithis (thirtieths of a synodic month), and rtus (seasons of two synodic months), and to the p ā tas of the sun and moon, the ̣...
calendar
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...astronomical cycles: the cycle of the phases of the Moon (the synodic month or lunation), often of major ritual and religious significance...in agriculture. The two cycles are incompatible in that the synodic month has a period of about 29.5 days, giving a lunar year...
Meton
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...new moon occurring on the first of the month. Since the mean synodic month is slightly longer than 29.5 days, calendar months...solar years correspond very well, on the average, to 235 true synodic months. This means that during one nineteenyear period a thirteenth...
Carrington heliographic coordinates
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy ...throughout the year because of the changing distance of the Earth from the Sun, with an average value of 27.2753 days (the mean synodic period). This corresponds to a sidereal rotation period of 25.38 days. The Carrington longitude of the central meridian...
variation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy ...Sun's gravitational attraction as the Moon orbits the Earth. It has an amplitude of 40ʹ and a period of half a synodic month. 2. The yearly change in the coordinates of a star due to the effects of precession and proper motion; also known...
month
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy month A period of time based on the orbit of the Moon around the Earth. Several types of month are defined. The synodic month is equivalent to one lunation, the time taken for the Moon to go through one cycle of phases; its mean length is 29...
lunation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy lunation The period of time taken for the Moon to go through a complete cycle of phases. It is the same as a synodic month .

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Dance of the planets and our moon.(SCOPE ON THE SKIES)
Magazine article from: Science Scope; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...between the terms sidereal period and synodic period, terms that apply not only to...length of year. [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] The synodic period of an object is measured with respect...illustrates the difference in the sidereal and synodic periods of our Moon. After 28 days of...
The Babylonian Theory of the Planets.(Review)
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The effect of lunar phases on domestic violence incident rates.
Magazine article from: The Forensic Examiner; 12/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...assumed many titles, from the lunar, or synodic, effect to the lunar hypothesis. In...anti-social or violent behavior and the synodic cycle. A study on self-violence or...this study was the assertion that the synodic cycle has no significant impact on rates...
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Newspaper article from: Physics Week; 3/3/2009; 700+ words ; ...We use the method of simultaneous determination of the solar synodic rotation velocity and the height of tracers. The rotation...account. The method for simultaneously determining the solar synodic rotation velocity and the height of tracers could have only...
For him to know and you not to find out
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/13/2005; ; 647 words ; ...or Enneadecaeteris, an approximate common multiple of the tropical year and the synodic month, or lunation, in which 19 tropical years differ from 235 synodic months by about two hours, while incorporating seven intercalary, or embolismic...
The painful sting of the box jellyfish inspired two of its victims to figure out how to predict the creature's invasion
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 10/21/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...science, math and astronomy books," he said. There were two possibilities: the synodic lunar cycle or a sidereal cycle related to the stars, said Blair. "The synodic cycle averages 29.54 days so I began looking at the moon (phases)," he...
Luna.(moon)(Column)
Magazine article from: Science Scope; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...approximately 29.54 days to go from new Moon to new Moon. Called the synodic month, this is not the time it actually takes for the Moon...The difference between the Moon's sidereal month and its synodic month is based on our understanding that the Earth is moving...
Two blue moons are a full lunar rarity
Newspaper article from: Norridge News (IL); 1/21/1999; ; 665 words ; ...calendar month. In other words, the blue moon appears simply as a full moon. "The moon's cycle of phases, called the synodic cycle, averages about 29.5 days," he explained. "Each lunar phase occurs only once during a given lunar cycle, but...
The full moon and admission to emergency rooms
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Medical Sciences; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...studies 15th day of lunar month is defined as full moon day.[9] According to some other studies, we regarded 15th day of synodic lunar cycle, in addition to a day before (14th) and a day after (16th) it, all together as full moon days.[12] The...