Epoch is a piece of digital artwork by Kim Sy Ok which was uploaded on February 19th, 2013.
Title
Epoch
Artist
Kim Sy Ok
Medium
Digital Art
Description
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. These time-varying astronomical quantities might include, for example, the mean longitude or mean anomaly of a body, the node of its orbit relative to a reference plane, the direction of the apogee or aphelion of its orbit, or the size of the major axis of its orbit. The main use of astronomical quantities specified in this way is to calculate other relevant parameters of motion, in order to predict future positions and velocities. The applied tools of the disciplines of celestial mechanics or its subfield orbital mechanics (for predicting orbital paths and positions for bodies in motion under the gravitational effects of other bodies) can be used to generate an ephemeris, a table of values giving the positions and velocities of astronomical objects in the sky at a given time or times.
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Uploaded
February 19th, 2013
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Comments (32)
Patrick Zion
Captivating fractal!π Looks like dancing fire π₯ Awesome gallery You got hereπ― All the best from a fellow fractal artist from NYC!π½βοΈπ
Bob Orsillo
Your gallery is like taking a wonderful journey of sight and adventure. Beautiful work! v/f
Kim Sy Ok
Thank you so much James, Angelina,Anne,Barbara,Kume,Tautvydas,Greg,Sandi,Steve,Kristin,Barbara,Naomi,Maria and Jason for your marvelous support and comments-thrilled you like it, thank you :)!!