lunar latitude

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lunar latitude - an imaginary line around the moon parallel to its equator

line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

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Section C is about the Saros cycle, column [phi] and its origin, eclipse prediction, the use of lunar latitude, and the introduction of the nineteen-year cycle; a few paragraphs treat computations of the solstices, equinoxes, and the phases of Sirius.

Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia

" It vindicates the presence of water on lunar surface in the form of ice at higher lunar latitudes as inferred by the ( NASAdevised) Moon Mineralogy Mapper ( M3)," said professor R.

Both experiments a" CHACE and M3 a" were complementary and provided unambiguous signatures for distribution of water along lunar latitudes, Sridharan said.