Royal Observatory, Greenwich

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title: Royal Observatory, Greenwich
text: The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north. It played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation, and because the Prime Meridian passed through it, it gave its name to Greenwich Mean Time, the precursor to today's Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The ROG has the IAU observatory code of 000, the first in the list. ROG, the National Maritime Museum, the Queen's House and the c
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description: Observatory in London, England
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date created: 2002-03-12T06:11:40Z
date modified: 2024-09-07T05:18:01Z
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