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Either of the two arguments could, for + example, be zero and the entire date+time supplied in the other. + However, the routine is designed to deliver maximum accuracy when + the DATE argument is a whole number and the UT1 argument + lies in the range <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" + SRC="img121.gif" + ALT="$[\,0,\,1\,]$">, or <I>vice versa</I>. + <DT>3. +<DD>See also the routine sla_GMST, which accepts the UT1 as a single + argument. Compared with sla_GMST, the extra numerical precision + delivered by the present routine is unlikely to be important in + an absolute sense, but may be useful when critically comparing + algorithms and in applications where two sidereal times close + together are differenced. + </DL></DL> +<BR> <HR> +<A NAME="tex2html1586" HREF="node117.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next_motif.gif"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html1584" HREF="node13.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up_motif.gif"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html1578" HREF="node115.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="previous_motif.gif"></A> <A HREF="sun67.html#stardoccontents"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" + SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> +<BR> +<B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1587" HREF="node117.html">SLA_GRESID - Gaussian Residual</A> +<BR> +<B>Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1585" HREF="node13.html">SUBPROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS</A> +<BR> +<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1579" HREF="node115.html">SLA_GMST - UT to GMST</A> +<BR> <HR> <P> +<P><!--End of Navigation Panel--> +<ADDRESS> +<I>SLALIB --- Positional Astronomy Library<BR>Starlink User Note 67<BR>P. 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