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Systems of celestial coordinates
The notion of recording the position of a celestial body with two coordinates—on the model of terrestrial longitude and latitude—gave rise to three main systems of orthogonal reference.Tycho Brahe introduced today's equatorial coordinates. To define them, we need to establish—with respect to the [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- Astronomy
Type of item
- Multimedia
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- Astronomy
Type of item
- Multimedia
Providing institution
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- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 2010
- 2010
Identifier
- urn:imss:multimedia:500027
Extent
- 141 sec.
Format
- video/flv
Language
- eng
- ita
Year
- 2010
Providing country
- Italy