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[coordinate systems, standards]
Acronym for International Celestial Reference System. A methodology and set of models for creating an abstract celestial coordinate system, defined and maintained by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). ICRS conventions include a celestial reference system with an origin at the center of mass of a solar system, calculated without rotation.