Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Topocentric Coordinates |
The coordinates of a celestial body measured from the Earth’s surface in contrast with geocentric coordinates, which are corrected to correspond to hypothetical observation from the Earth’s centre.
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