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culmination comparison table

Subject	has definition	has synonym
lower culmination	Passage of a celestial object across the observer's meridian. The crossing farther from the zenith.	culmination below pole
upper culmination	Passage of a celestial object across the observer's meridian. The crossing closer to the observer's zenith.	culmination above pole

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