Which navigational error rapidly accumulates when a chronometer is abruptly mechanically shocked during a lunar observation?

💡 Explanation

When a chronometer experiences sudden mechanical shock, rate instability occurs because isochronism is disrupted by altered balance spring behavior, leading to cumulative timekeeping drift and incorrect longitude calculations. Therefore longitude error results, rather than other errors which rely on separate measurement systems or environmental conditions.

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