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Mariner's astrolabe (1,414 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

two objects, which was necessary for longitude calculations by the lunar distance method (though that technique was not used when the instrument was developed)

Janet Taylor (1,833 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

true time," which discussed calculations that were able to "reduce the lunar distance" using a formula she derived herself. In 1834, she received a patent

Octant (instrument) (3,035 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

also called a reflecting quadrant, is a reflecting instrument used in navigation. The name octant derives from the Latin octans meaning eighth part of

Tide (13,054 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

computed values of Deep Space Network data types for navigation (PDF). Deep-space communications and navigation. Vol. 3. Wiley. pp. 126–128. ISBN 0-471-44535-5

Soyuz 7K-OK (752 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

same vehicle, it lacked the larger antenna needed to communicate at lunar distance. The early Soyuz models also sported an external toroidal fuel tank

History of navigation (7,954 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

instrument for navigation. The sextant was derived from the octant in order to provide for the lunar distance method. With the lunar distance method, mariners

List of unusual units of measurement (11,475 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

size. Lunar distance (LD), the distance from the centre of Earth to the centre of the Moon, is a unit of measure in astronomy. The lunar distance is approximately

William Lax (4,182 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Harrison were generally available from the 1820s onwards, rendering the lunar distance method, which Lax had used to create the tables, immaterial. Meanwhile

Henry Toynbee (555 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Royal Astronomical Society on the subject of rating chronometers by lunar distance. His wife often sailed with him, and added her illustrations to his

Commercial revolution (5,761 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

longitude. This spurred the development of the marine chronometer, the lunar distance method and the invention of the octant after 1730. By the late 18th

List of Apollo astronauts (3,929 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

people who have walked on the Moon, 12 more have flown to within 0.001 lunar distance of its surface. As of March 2024[update], three of them are alive with

Eclipse cycle (9,659 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

surface directly below the Moon (31′ 37″), and Earth's shadow at the mean lunar distance (1° 23′). Therefore, at most new moons, Earth passes too far north or