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horizontal parallax
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horizontal parallaxhas definition The difference between the topocentric and geocentric positions of an object, when the object is on the astronomical horizon.has source: Seidelman, P. 1992 Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, University Science Books, Mill Valley, CA, 2001-09-27 09:33:30.0
is a kind of parallax2001-09-27 09:33:30.0
parallaxhas synonym distance2001-09-27 09:33:30.0
anglehas unit angle unit2001-09-27 09:33:30.0
numberhas value2001-09-27 09:32:57.0