equatorial horizontal parallax

equatorial horizontal parallax

See diurnal parallax.

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equatorial horizontal parallax

[‚e·kwə′tȯr·ē·əl ‚här·ə¦zänt·əl ′par·ə‚laks]

(astronomy)

The parallax of a member of the solar system measured from positional observations made at the same time at two stations on earth, whose distance apart is the earth's equatorial radius.

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