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Celestial pole and Geodesy

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Celestial pole and Geodesy

Celestial pole vs. Geodesy

The north and south celestial poles are the two imaginary points in the sky where the Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the celestial sphere. Geodesy, also known as geodetics, is the earth science of accurately measuring and understanding three of Earth's fundamental properties: its geometric shape, orientation in space, and gravitational field.

Similarities between Celestial pole and Geodesy

Celestial pole and Geodesy have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Celestial sphere, Earth, Latitude, Polar motion, Sidereal time.

Celestial sphere

In astronomy and navigation, the celestial sphere is an abstract sphere with an arbitrarily large radius concentric to Earth.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Latitude

In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface.

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Polar motion

Polar motion of the Earth is the motion of the Earth's rotational axis relative to its crust.

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Sidereal time

Sidereal time is a timekeeping system that astronomers use to locate celestial objects.

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Celestial pole and Geodesy Comparison

Celestial pole has 49 relations, while Geodesy has 227. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 1.81% = 5 / (49 + 227).

References

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