Which risk increases when an astrolabe's altitude scale is calibrated using an inaccurate local horizon height?

💡 Explanation

When the local horizon height is incorrect, the alidade readings become skewed causing solar transit time measurement errors because the reported altitude used to derive time is consistently offset. Therefore transit time is skewed, rather than other errors listed, which do not directly rely on accurately calibrated altitudes.

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