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Diagram of planetary parallax

Parallax. Diagram of planetary parallax showing the apparent difference in the position of a body when measured from two different positions on Earth.  Used to measure the distance of a body. From "The Beauty of the Heavens" by Charles F Blount (London, 1845). Coloured lithograph. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images).
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Diagram of planetary parallax
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Parallax. Diagram of planetary parallax showing the apparent difference in the position of a body when measured from two different positions on Earth. Used to measure the distance of a body. From "The Beauty of the Heavens" by Charles F Blount (London, 1845). Coloured lithograph. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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