horizontal parallax
horizontal parallax The difference between the topocentric and geocentric positions of an object when it is on the astronomical horizon. The amount varies with latitude because the Earth is not exactly spherical, and is greatest at the Earth's equator (
equatorial horizontal parallax).
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COLUMN: Happy All Saints' Day
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...St. Christina is a patron saint of mental illness. Roch...years. Roch is the patron saint of many things including tile...He is one of the 10 patron saints of gout. Fiacre - St. Fiacre...touching them. He is the patron saint of venereal disease, taxi...it, the Preparation Saint. ...
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JUNE 16: SAINT OF THE DAY.(Features)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 6/16/2003; 246 words
; VITUS: Patron saint of dancers and comedians.
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Strange but true; PATRON SAINTS.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/28/2009; 501 words
; ...tradition of choosing a patron saint goes back further though...Clare of Assisi, the patron saint of TV. She wasn't watching...by Pius XII in 1958. Some saints just seem a bit greedy though. Take Vitus, who is the patron saint of -- wait for it -- actors...
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Strange but true PATRON SAINTS.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/28/2009; 500 words
; ...tradition of choosing a patron saint goes back further though...Clare of Assisi, the patron saint of TV. She wasn't watching...by Pius XII in 1958. Some saints just seem a bit greedy though. Take Vitus, who is the patron saint of -- wait for it -- actors...
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A medieval dance craze.(an annual dance in Luxembourg to the patron saint of those suffering from movement disorders)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 12/20/1999; ; 550 words
; ...for ailing relatives, for Willibrord is the patron saint of patients suffering from movement disorders. Paul...a neurological disorder commonly known as St. Vitus's chorea, after a saint who is credited with aiding epileptics. The dance...
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Key case in future of school choice: Cleveland - the Supreme Court's focus tomorrow - shows how vouchers can transform parochial and public schools.(USA)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 2/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...is covering most of his tuition at Saint Vitus, a parochial school that fills 3...Parents of voucher students at Saint Vitus, many of whom are nonCatholic...American students didn't attend Saint Vitus, which was started in 1902 by the...
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Dirty Red brings a rock style to the area
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 5/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...original drummer for stoner rock icons Saint Vitus. "I was like, 'D'oh! Gotta...to have a sound similar to Saint Vitus, which, according to Starr, sounded...Being that Armando was in Saint Vitus, and they spearheaded the whole...
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For the Record
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/29/1989; 411 words
; ...on the Baltic scene, the pagan god became Sanctus Vitus, or Saint Vitus, whose name was later given to a nervous disorder (Saint Vitus's dance). Vitus then became "Guido" in Italian...
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Looking for a Way to Mend Hurt Felines
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...wrote about. Our vet said it was Saint Vitus' dance. The dog lived to a ripe...curious why you didn't mention Saint Vitus' dance. L.M. Interlaken, N...to the human measles virus. Saint Vitus' dance is an old term used to designate...
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Hidden hand.(Interview)
Magazine article from: Thrasher; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Coasts. In the 1980s, his band Saint Vitus was brushed off by the metal heads...Greg Ginn and Dez Cadena had Saint Vitus in the studio and were producing...your previous experiences in Saint Vitus, the Obsessed, Spirit Caravan...
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Saint Vitus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Vitus , 4th cent.?, Sicilian martyr. Vitus is invoked against diseases including...nervous disorders, and St. Vitus' Dance (Sydenham's chorea...Helpers, a collective cult of saints that originated in the 14th-century...
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Vitus, Saint
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Vitus, Saint (active 4th century) Italian martyr. Secretly raised as a Christian by his nurse, he was put to death during the persecutions of Diocletian . He is the patron saint of actors.
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Prague
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...renovated the city. The new construction included the first stone bridge across the Vltava River and the monumental Saint Vitus Cathedral, which became the seat of a newly established archbishopric. Fifty years later Prague became the birthplace...
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Maximilian II (Holy Roman Empire) (1527–1576; Ruled 1564–1576)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...xED; a of Habsburg (1528 – 1603), coregent of Spain (1548 – 1550). Maximilian is buried in Saint Vitus Cathedral in Prague. Son of the new king and queen of Bohemia and Hungary, Ferdinand I (ruled 1558 – 1564...
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Saint Lawrence Island
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Lawrence Island c.90 mi (145 km) long and from 8 to 22 mi (13-36 km) wide, off W Alaska, in the Bering Sea. A barren island, it is inhabited by Eskimo engaged in fishing. It was visited by Danish explorer Vitus Bering on St. Lawrence's Day, 1728.
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