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← HistoryWhich consequence occurs when a damaged sextant mirror obscures stellar observation during celestial navigation?
A)Increased tidal prediction accuracy
B)Longitudinal position errors increase✓
C)Reduced compass deviation errors
D)More accurate depth sounding
💡 Explanation
When a sextant malfunctions, parallax error becomes significant, because it amplifies angular measurement inaccuracies during celestial navigation; therefore, longitudinal error occurs, rather than reduced compass deviations, as star sights determine longitude.
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