Outlines of AstronomyLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, 1851 - 661 pages |
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... orbit an ellipse about the focus . Law of the angular velocity . Equable description of areas . Parallax of the Sun. Its distance and magnitude . Copernican explanation of the Sun's apparent motion . Parallelism of the Earth's axis ...
... orbit an ellipse about the focus . Law of the angular velocity . Equable description of areas . Parallax of the Sun. Its distance and magnitude . Copernican explanation of the Sun's apparent motion . Parallelism of the Earth's axis ...
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... orbit by gravity . Orbit of the Earth Of terrestrial gravity . Of the law of universal gravitation . Paths of projectiles , apparent , real . The Moon retained in Its law of diminution . Laws of elliptic motion . round the Sun in ...
... orbit by gravity . Orbit of the Earth Of terrestrial gravity . Of the law of universal gravitation . Paths of projectiles , apparent , real . The Moon retained in Its law of diminution . Laws of elliptic motion . round the Sun in ...
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... orbits in general PART II . OF THE PLANETARY PERTURBATIONS . CHAPTER XII . ยท Page 340 Subject propounded . Problem of ... orbit recedes on the plane of the disturbing on an average . Combined effect of many such disturbances . Motion of ...
... orbits in general PART II . OF THE PLANETARY PERTURBATIONS . CHAPTER XII . ยท Page 340 Subject propounded . Problem of ... orbit recedes on the plane of the disturbing on an average . Combined effect of many such disturbances . Motion of ...
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... orbit . The ( 348. ) This variation of its angular velocity is accompanied with a corresponding change of its distance from us . change of distance is recognized by a variation observed to take place in its apparent diameter , when ...
... orbit . The ( 348. ) This variation of its angular velocity is accompanied with a corresponding change of its distance from us . change of distance is recognized by a variation observed to take place in its apparent diameter , when ...
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... orbit ) , and announced in the following terms : - Let a line be always supposed to connect the sun , supposed in motion , with the earth , supposed at rest ; then , as the sun moves along its ellipse , this line ( which is called in ...
... orbit ) , and announced in the following terms : - Let a line be always supposed to connect the sun , supposed in motion , with the earth , supposed at rest ; then , as the sun moves along its ellipse , this line ( which is called in ...
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