Which problem arose when medieval navigators used brass astrolabes to measure star altitude at sea during ship's roll?

💡 Explanation

When a ship rolls, the inertia of the brass astrolabe disk resists changes in orientation resulting rotational forces lead to reading errors exceeding intended accuracy limits. Therefore inertia-induced errors result, rather than parallax, corrosion, or precession which involve different physical mechanisms and environmental variables.

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