Parallax
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parallax-162-16208790
title:
Parallax
text:
Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight and is measured by the angle or half-angle of inclination between those two lines. Due to foreshortening, nearby objects show a larger parallax than farther objects, so parallax can be used to determine distances. To measure large distances, such as the distance of a planet or a star from Earth, astronomers use the principle of parallax. Here, the term parallax is the semi-ang
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encyclopedia
description:
Difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax
date created:
2001-09-25T13:29:27Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T01:14:47Z
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