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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...
- measuring and communicating positions directly on the Earth as latitude and longitude. It is the simplest, oldest and most widely used of the various spatial...
- 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...
- celestial mechanics, the longitude of the periapsis, also called longitude of the pericenter, of an orbiting body is the longitude (measured from the point...
- Solar longitude, commonly abbreviated as Ls, is the ecliptic longitude of the Sun, i.e. the position of the Sun on the celestial sphere along the ecliptic...
- In celestial mechanics, true longitude is the ecliptic longitude at which an orbiting body could actually be found if its inclination were zero. Together...
- celestial body. Longitude may also refer to: Longitude rewards, a British inducement prize for a solution to the longitude problem Longitude, a book by Dava...
- history of longitude describes the centuries-long effort by astronomers, cartographers and navigators to discover a means of determining the longitude of any...
- The longitude of the ascending node (symbol Ω) is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space. It is the angle from a...
- The Longitude Act 1714 was an Act of Parliament of Great Britain p****ed in July 1714 at the end of the reign of Queen Anne. It established the Board of...