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What is the circle of the celestial sphere on which a heavenly body appears

to moue daily across the sky From east to west, rising in the east and setting

in the west called?

A. Diurnal motion

B. Diurnal inequality

C. Diurnal circle

D. Diurnal arc

39. The period of time taken by the moon to complete one revolution of 360deg

around the earth is called?

A. Rotational period of the moon

B. Revolutionary period of the moon

C. Synodic period of the moon

D. Sidereal period of the moon


40. What is the diameter about which the earth rotates?

A. Axis

B. Prime meridian

C. None of the other options

D. Equator

41. What is the westerly hour angle of the first point of Aries measured from the

observer's meridian called?

A. Greenwich sidereal time

B. Local mean time

C. Local sidereal time

D. Greenwich apparent time2

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