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← HistoryWhich risk increases when an astrolabe's alidade angle calculation employs inaccurate trigonometric identities, common before rigorous algebraic proofs?
A)Shadow indicator reading errors accrue
B)Star visibility predictions become unreliable✓
C)Ecliptic plane alignment becomes inaccurate
D)Hour angle calculations are inconsistent
💡 Explanation
Unreliable visibility calculations occur because imprecise identities impact the astrolabe's alidade's trigonometric calculations, an error induced by using empirically derived identities without algebraic proof. Therefore, star positions become inaccurate, rather than merely affecting shadow orientation or alignment.
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