Astronomical triangle
the spherical triangle formed by the great circles connecting a celestial object, the zenith, and the celestial pole.
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of, relating to, or connected with . extremely large; exceedingly great; enormous: it takes an astronomical amount of money to build a car factory. contemporary examples the instagram deal coincided with astronomically high hopes for the facebook ipo. how joining facebook is hurting instagram alex klein august 27, 2012 if you had such an astronomically […]
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