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Solar Parallax

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The parallax of the sun, that is, the angle subtended at the sun by the semidiameter of the earth. It is 8."80, and is the fundamental datum.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Solar Parallax'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/solar-parallax.html. 1828.
 
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