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What is it called when the position is determined by angles between a star and an accurate time reference?(a) Position fix(b) Celestial fix(c) Sun fix(d) Horizontal fix

Answer» The correct option is (b) Celestial fix

Best explanation: Navigators on early transoceanic flights used sextants to manually measure star angle with respect to their local vertical. Using the line of sights form two or more stars, along with a star catalog and accurate time reference, the position in Earth latitude and longitude can be deduced. This was known as celestial fix.


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