ICRF
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ICRF (uncountable)
(astronomy) Initialism of International Celestial Reference Frame (the current standard celestial reference system adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).)
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The observations allow the determination of a measure of the Earth's angle with respect to the ICRF, called the Earth Rotation Angle (ERA, which serves as a modern replacement for Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time ).
The ICRF launched with nearly $23 million in initial donations, including $4 million from Governor Pritzker’s family and his foundation.