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Longitude (/ˈlɒndʒɪtjuːd/, AU and UK also /ˈlɒŋɡɪ-/) is a
geographic coordinate that
specifies the east-west
position of a
point on the
surface of the...
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measuring and
communicating positions directly on
Earth as
latitude and
longitude. It is the simplest,
oldest and most
widely used type of the
various spatial...
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celestial body.
Longitude may also
refer to:
Longitude rewards, a
British inducement prize for a
solution to the
longitude problem Longitude (book), by Dava...
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Longitude: The True
Story of a Lone
Genius Who
Solved the
Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is a 1995 best-selling book by Dava
Sobel about John...
- In
celestial mechanics, true
longitude is the
ecliptic longitude at
which an
orbiting body
could actually be
found if its
inclination were zero. Together...
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celestial mechanics, the
longitude of the periapsis, also
called longitude of the pericenter, of an
orbiting body is the
longitude (measured from the point...
- The
Longitude Act 1714 (13 Ann. c. 14), also
known as the
Discovery of
Longitude at Sea Act 1713, was an act of
Parliament of
Great Britain p****ed in July...
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history of
longitude describes the centuries-long
effort by astronomers,
cartographers and
navigators to
discover a
means of
determining the
longitude (the...
- The
longitude of the
ascending node, also
known as the
right ascension of the
ascending node, is one of the
orbital elements used to
specify the orbit...
- The
longitude rewards were the
system of
inducement prizes offered by the
British government for a
simple and
practical method for the
precise determination...
