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In astronomy and astrology, the prime vertical is the vertical circle passing east and west through the zenith, and intersecting the horizon in its east and west points. Astrometry: the study of the position of objects in the sky and their changes of position. ... An astrological chart (or horoscope) - Y2K Chart — This particular chart is calculated for January 1, 2000 at 12:01:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time in New York City, New York, USA. (Longitude: 074W0023 - Latitude: 40N4251), using the tropical zodiac Astrology (from Greek: αστρολογία = άστρον, astron, star + λόγος, logos, word) is... Jump to: navigation, search In Euclidean geometry, a circle is the set of all points at a fixed distance, called the radius, from a fixed point, called the centre (center). ... The zenith is the point in the sky which appears directly above the observer. ... Horizon The horizon is the line that separates earth from sky. ...


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The Largest Known prime by Year: A Brief History (1283 words)
Mersenne Numbers, were the focus of most of the early searches for large primes.
BS96, p309]) include the primes 999999000001 (1851, "found" by Looff) and 6728042130721 (1 Jan. 1855, Clausen) in their tables.
As the more recent primes have been found our estimate for finding a 10 million digit prime has been slowly decreasing and finding such a prime in 2006 seems very likely.
Prime - definition from Biology-Online.org (502 words)
Prime-vertical dial, a dial in which the shadow is projected on the plane of the prime vertical.
Prime-vertical transit instrument, a transit instrument the telescope of which revolves in the plane of the prime vertical, used for observing the transit of stars over this circle.
To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
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