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The Prime Meridian

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Exploring the Prime Meridian and Its Celestial Implications

This chapter explores the recent shift of the modern geodetic prime meridian due to GPS advancements, moving it east of the historic Greenwich Line. Additionally, it discusses the arbitrary selection of prime meridians on celestial bodies like Mars and the Moon, highlighting the differences in their coordinate systems.

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