Definition of celestial longitude in English:

celestial longitude

noun

Astronomy

The angular distance of a point east of the First Point of Aries, measured along the ecliptic.
〔天文〕黄经。比较RIGHT ASCENSION
Compare with right ascension
Example sentencesExamples
- By the time he returned home in January 1678, he had recorded the celestial longitudes and latitudes of 341 stars and observed a transit of Mercury across the Sun's disk.
- In this case, Mayan astronomers apparently focused on two cycles related to the number of days that elapse between consecutive passages of Mars through a given celestial longitude while traveling across the sky.
- Technically, a conjunction describes a precise alignment of heavenly bodies that happen to have the same celestial longitude - that is, they appear to line up in the sky, one directly above the other.
- But in fact, from day to day the earthbound observer does see the midday Sun at a different point along the same celestial longitude - up or down relative to the horizon.
- The Moon's motion along the ecliptic is measured in degrees and minutes of celestial longitude, but its orbit does not align exactly with the ecliptic.

Definition of celestial longitude in US English:

celestial longitude

noun

Astronomy

The angular distance of a point east of the vernal equinox, measured along the ecliptic.
〔天文〕黄经。比较RIGHT ASCENSION
Compare with right ascension
Example sentencesExamples
- Technically, a conjunction describes a precise alignment of heavenly bodies that happen to have the same celestial longitude - that is, they appear to line up in the sky, one directly above the other.
- In this case, Mayan astronomers apparently focused on two cycles related to the number of days that elapse between consecutive passages of Mars through a given celestial longitude while traveling across the sky.
- By the time he returned home in January 1678, he had recorded the celestial longitudes and latitudes of 341 stars and observed a transit of Mercury across the Sun's disk.
- The Moon's motion along the ecliptic is measured in degrees and minutes of celestial longitude, but its orbit does not align exactly with the ecliptic.
- But in fact, from day to day the earthbound observer does see the midday Sun at a different point along the same celestial longitude - up or down relative to the horizon.

词汇	celestial longitude
释义	Definition of celestial longitude in English: celestial longitude noun Astronomy The angular distance of a point east of the First Point of Aries, measured along the ecliptic. 〔天文〕黄经。比较RIGHT ASCENSION Compare with right ascension Example sentencesExamples By the time he returned home in January 1678, he had recorded the celestial longitudes and latitudes of 341 stars and observed a transit of Mercury across the Sun's disk. In this case, Mayan astronomers apparently focused on two cycles related to the number of days that elapse between consecutive passages of Mars through a given celestial longitude while traveling across the sky. Technically, a conjunction describes a precise alignment of heavenly bodies that happen to have the same celestial longitude - that is, they appear to line up in the sky, one directly above the other. But in fact, from day to day the earthbound observer does see the midday Sun at a different point along the same celestial longitude - up or down relative to the horizon. The Moon's motion along the ecliptic is measured in degrees and minutes of celestial longitude, but its orbit does not align exactly with the ecliptic. Definition of celestial longitude in US English: celestial longitude noun Astronomy The angular distance of a point east of the vernal equinox, measured along the ecliptic. 〔天文〕黄经。比较RIGHT ASCENSION Compare with right ascension Example sentencesExamples Technically, a conjunction describes a precise alignment of heavenly bodies that happen to have the same celestial longitude - that is, they appear to line up in the sky, one directly above the other. In this case, Mayan astronomers apparently focused on two cycles related to the number of days that elapse between consecutive passages of Mars through a given celestial longitude while traveling across the sky. By the time he returned home in January 1678, he had recorded the celestial longitudes and latitudes of 341 stars and observed a transit of Mercury across the Sun's disk. The Moon's motion along the ecliptic is measured in degrees and minutes of celestial longitude, but its orbit does not align exactly with the ecliptic. But in fact, from day to day the earthbound observer does see the midday Sun at a different point along the same celestial longitude - up or down relative to the horizon.
随便看	Irish Free State Irish Gael Irish Gaelic Irish green Irish guard Irish guipure Irish harp Irish heath Irish hint Irish horse Irish howl Irish hubbub Irish hurricane Irishian Irish-Ireland irishise Irishise irishised Irishised Irishism Irishize Irishized Irish jig Irish joke Irish-like