location dependent periodic celestial event Comparison Table

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location dependent periodic celestial event comparison table

Subject has period has synonym has definition

astronomical horizon event world point The time and azimuth at which a celestial body crosses the astronomical horizon of an oberver.

culmination 1 day meridian passage 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.

Subject	has period	has synonym	has definition
astronomical horizon event		world point	The time and azimuth at which a celestial body crosses the astronomical horizon of an oberver.
culmination	1 day	meridian passage	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.

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