Sunday, December 14, 2008

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Quadrature

A configuration in which two celestial bodies have apparent longitudes that differ by 90° as viewed from a third body. Quadratures are usually tabulated with respect to the Sun as viewed from the center of the Earth. (See longitude, ecliptic.)

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References:

1] Pananides, Nicholas A. & Arny, Thomas, Introductory Astronomy: Second Edition, 1979, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.

[2] The Astronomical Almanac Online 2009.

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