Final Exam Celestial Navigation

I. Fill in the blanks: 1. ___________________________ is the arc of a great circle through the poles of the celestial sphere. 2. By position relative to Earth; Mars thru Pluto are ____________________________ planets. 3. On the celestial sphere latitude becoes ______________________________. !. By position relative to the "un; #upiter$ "aturn$ %ranus$ &eptune and Pluto are _____________________ planets. '. (t _____________________________ the Earth is farthest fro the "un. ). ________________ controls the *ay things ove and responsible for the otion of the "un$ the Moon and the stars in our s+y as *ell. ,. -he ______________________________ bet*een Mars and #upiter fors the boundary bet*een the inner solar syste and the outer solar syste. . -he basic reference in hori/on coordinate syste is based on the __________________________________. 0. -he _______________________________ is the point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer. 1. -he angular distance above the hori/on that a celestial body is easured is called that bodys ____________________. 11. ______________________________ are analogous to north and south poles in hori/on coordinate syste. 12. -he circle bounding the observers vie* at sea is the ____________________________ . 13. __________________________________ ____ is analogous to the euator in hori/on coordinate syste. 1!. -he "e4tant (lti tude corrected for inaccuracies in the instruent and height of eye is called the ____________________. 1'. -he pro5ection of the &orth pole over the hori/on *ill give us the _______________________________. 1). __________________________________ _ is an hour circle of a celestial body $ as referenced fro the hour circle of (ries 6easured *esterly 7. 1,. ________________________ is an hour circle of a celestial body $ as easured relative to 8reen*ich 9elestial Meridian. 1. __________________________ is an hour circle of a celestial body$ as easured relative to the local celestial eridian. 10. ___ is the point on Earths surfac e *hich passes through the centre of the Earth$ through its surface$ and into the centre of the celestial body. 2. ______________________________ is the angle easured at the celestial pole bet*een the eridian passing through the first point of (ries and the eridian passing through the celestial body$ easur ed *est*ards. 21. -he 9elestial and :ori/on 9oordinate systes$ *hen cobined$ *ill create the _________________________. 22. &orth atitude< =f :( > 1$ ?n @ __________________________________ __. 23. "outh atitude< =f :( > 1$ ?n@ __________________________.

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