In Locating Objects on the Celestial Sphere, We Call the Number

question 6

Multiple Choice

In locating objects on the celestial sphere, we call the number of degrees east or west that something is from Greenwich, England its:

• A) latitude
• B) longitude
• C) declination
• D) meridian
• E) seasonal displacement

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