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- longitudes are east of the prime meridian, and negative ones are west. Because of the Earth's rotation, there is a close connection between longitude...
- 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...
- tables with latitudes and longitudes, and in some cases improving the accuracy. The methods used to determine most of the longitudes are not given, but a few...
- 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...
- their own reference longitudes as a standard, although the world’s navigators have generally come to accept the reference longitudes tabulated by the British...
- ship's longitude at sea. The prizes, established through an Act of Parliament (the Longitude Act) in 1714, were administered by the Board of Longitude. This...
- The longitude of the ascending node (symbol ☊) is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space. It is the angle from a...
- In celestial mechanics, true longitude is the ecliptic longitude at which an orbiting body could actually be found if its inclination were zero. Together...
- Mean longitude is the ecliptic longitude at which an orbiting body could be found if its orbit were circular and free of perturbations. While nominally...