celestial navigation
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She also knows celestial navigation and how to plot a course.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
Dr. Sharvit speculated that, lacking compasses, astrolabes or sextants, seafarers in the 14th century B.C. probably relied on celestial navigation, taking sightings and angles of the sun and star positions.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Sitting there, appreciating Aiken’s wry assessment of his own uncertain celestial navigation, I wondered what he would make of his hometown’s road map from past to present to future.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022
Other, broader impacts could affect life worldwide: the presence of satellites contributes to a background glow in the sky that can disorient animals that rely on celestial navigation.
From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2022
You tell me to follow your rules of celestial navigation.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
