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colongitude

colongitude noun: the longitude of the morning terminator (division between illuminated and dark regions) on the Moon, as measured in degrees westward from the prime meridian.

Noun

colongitude (plural colongitudes)

  1. The longitude of the morning terminator (division between illuminated and dark regions) on the Moon, as measured in degrees westward from the prime meridian.
    • The colongitude is the longitude of the terminator, that is the location of the separation between the lunar day and night. As the Moon rotates around the Earth with respect to the Sun, the terminator slides westward by 0.5° per hour (“westward” stands here for selenographic coordinates, lunar West...2016, Nicolas Dupont-Bloch, Shoot the Moon: A Complete Guide to Lunar Imaging, page 16

Forms of colongitude

pluralcolongitudes

Questions about colongitude

What does colongitude mean?
Colongitude means the longitude of the morning terminator (division between illuminated and dark regions) on the Moon, as measured in degrees westward from the prime meridian.
What part of speech is colongitude?
Colongitude is a noun.
What is the plural of colongitude?
The plural of colongitude is colongitudes.

Words near colongitude in the dictionary

  1. coloners
  2. colones
  3. colonette
  4. colonettes
  5. Colonești
  6. colongitude
  7. colongitudes
  8. Colongra
  9. coloni
  10. colonia
  11. Colonia del Sacramento

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