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¿A qué se denomina orto de un astro?What is meant by the rising (“orto”) of a celestial body?
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Correct answer: a) The instant when the body crosses the horizon, passing from the invisible hemisphere into the visible hemisphere.
Why it is correct
The rising (orto) of a celestial body is the instant when, in its apparent diurnal motion, the body crosses the eastern horizon from the invisible hemisphere (below the horizon) into the visible hemisphere (above the horizon).
Why the others are not
- b) Passing from the visible to the invisible hemisphere across the western horizon is setting (ocaso).
- c) The arc traced above the horizon between rising and setting is the diurnal arc.
- d) The arc traced below the horizon between setting and rising is the nocturnal arc.
How to work it out in the exam
- Rising (orto): instant when the body crosses the horizon from the invisible to the visible hemisphere.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2019 · Convocatoria de junio · CY Test 1 · question 9 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2019 · Convocatoria de junio · CY Test 2 · question 4 Official paper · Official answer key
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