Sunday, December 14, 2008

V

Vernal equinox

See equinox, vernal.

 

Vertical

The apparent direction of gravity at the point of observation (normal to the plane of a free level surface).

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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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