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this usage has generally fallen out of favor, in order to avoid confusion with more conventional timekeeping. An astronomical day can also refer to one rotation of
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Astronomical days were historically used by astronomers (in contrast most commonly to solar days), but since the
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Finkleman, David (2011). "The Future of Time: UTC and the Leap Second".
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refers to a length of day of exactly or nearly 24 hours beginning at
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"Astronomical day"
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"The Beginning of the Astronomical Day"
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"Logbooks of the Bologna astronomical Observatory for the year 1761"
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