Cosmic Exploration · observatory
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Ground-based · 1675 · London, England
- Type
- Ground-based
- Location
- London, England
- Altitude (m)
- 47
- Founded
- 1675
Notes
Founded to solve longitude at sea, which it eventually did — though by way of Harrison's clocks rather than the star charts it was built for. The prime meridian runs through it.
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