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.