Half-month
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title:
Half-month
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The half-month is a calendar subdivision used in astronomy. Each calendar month is separated into two parts:
- days 1 to 15
- day 16 until the end of the month. Newly identified small Solar System bodies, such as comets and asteroids, are given systematic designations that contain the half-month encoded as a letter of the English alphabet. For example, an object discovered in the second half of January would be identified with the letter B; if found in the first half of February, the letter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-month
date created:
2004-03-15T14:03:11Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T14:51:34Z
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