TDB (Barycentric Dynamical Time)
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A relativistic time scale used in planetary ephemerides, measured at the barycenter of the Solar System. TDB accounts for relativistic effects due to Earth's varying distance from the Sun and differs from TT by less than 2 milliseconds.