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Greenwich and Lunar distance (navigation)

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Difference between Greenwich and Lunar distance (navigation)

Greenwich vs. Lunar distance (navigation)

Greenwich is an area of south east London, England, located east-southeast of Charing Cross. In celestial navigation, lunar distance is the angular distance between the Moon and another celestial body.

Similarities between Greenwich and Lunar distance (navigation)

Greenwich and Lunar distance (navigation) have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Circumnavigation, Greenwich, Greenwich Mean Time, John Harrison, Longitude, Marine chronometer, Nevil Maskelyne, Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Circumnavigation

Circumnavigation is navigation completely around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon).

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Greenwich

Greenwich is an area of south east London, England, located east-southeast of Charing Cross.

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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.

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John Harrison

John Harrison (– 24 March 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker who invented a marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea.

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Longitude

Longitude, is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface.

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Marine chronometer

A marine chronometer is a timepiece that is precise and accurate enough to be used as a portable time standard; it can therefore be used to determine longitude by means of celestial navigation.

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Nevil Maskelyne

The Rev Dr Nevil Maskelyne DD FRS FRSE (6 October 1732 – 9 February 1811) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal.

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Royal Observatory, Greenwich

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG; known as the Old Royal Observatory from 1957 to 1998, when the working Royal Greenwich Observatory, RGO, moved from Greenwich to Herstmonceux) is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park, overlooking the River Thames.

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Greenwich and Lunar distance (navigation) Comparison

Greenwich has 273 relations, while Lunar distance (navigation) has 44. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 2.52% = 8 / (273 + 44).

References

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