Which consequence results when a medieval astronomer's astrolabe suffers thermal distortion?

💡 Explanation

Thermal distortion affects the instrument's _mechanical alignment_, causing angular errors. This leads to erroneous altitude measurements during astronomical observations because the instrument's angles are no longer truthful representations of the sky, rather than straightforward fracture of components.

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