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DIURNAL PARALLAX [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Theoretical Astronomy
DEF

The angle subtended by the earth's radius at a member of the solar system (as the moon or sun).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie théorique
DEF

D'une façon générale, angle sous lequel, d'un objet observé, on verrait une longueur-étalon choisie arbitrairement, présentée normalement à la direction d'observation.

CONT

Parallaxe d'un astre: angle sous lequel un observateur placé au centre de cet astre verrait un rayon terrestre. Cet angle varie évidemment avec le rayon terrestre considéré [...]

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