Definition of celestial navigation
: navigation by observation of the positions of celestial bodies
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While visitors may not enter, an exterior path holds intriguing interpretive signs on Kauai history, Polynesian celestial navigation (the temple platform also holds a star map) and modern stewards of the complex.
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Astronomers, whose research supported celestial navigation—a matter of great economic and military importance—were better positioned than most American scientists to advance their own and their nation’s prestige.
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First Known Use of celestial navigation
1922
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