Celestial Sphere

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4515. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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An imaginary sphere of very large radius, centered on the Earth, and to which the stars are considered to be fixed for the purposes of position measurement. Due to the rotation of the Earth on its axis, the celestial sphere appears to rotate around the Earth once a day, and it is convenient to imagine that it is the Earth which is stationary, and the sphere which rotates. The sphere is therefore ...

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