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location dependent periodic celestial event
subject			fact

location dependent periodic celestial event	has observer location
	has definition Periodic celestial event which depends on the observers location on the planet
	is a kind of periodic celestial event
periodic celestial event	has period
event	has duration
	has synonym world point
	has time of occurrence

Kinds of location dependent periodic celestial event :

• astronomical horizon event (4 kinds, 14 facts) - The time and azimuth at which a celestial body crosses the astronomical horizon of an oberver.
• culmination (2 kinds, 11 facts) (meridian passage) - The instant at which a celestial object crosses the meridian., Passage of a celestial object across the observer's meridian. More precisely, culmination is the passage through the point of greatest altitude in the diurnal path.