Semidiameter Correction

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Semidiameter Correction

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A correction due to semidiamter, particularly that sextant altitude correction resulting from observation of the upper or lower limb of a celestial body, rather than the center of that body. </dd>

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use