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Heliometry
Translation of "heliometry" into Russian
heliometry
Noun
heliometry
Heliometry is used to measure the angular distance between stars.
Гелиометрия используется для измерения углового расстояния между звездами.
Definitions
heliometry
Noun
The branch of astronomy concerned with measuring the Suns angular diameter and other small angular separations in the sky, originally by means of a heliometer.
Advances in heliometry have allowed astronomers to obtain ever more accurate values for the Suns apparent size.
The technique of using a heliometer or similar instrument to determine minute angular distances between celestial bodies.
Nineteenth-century expeditions relied on heliometry to measure the parallax of nearby stars.