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Page xxiv
... period . Its apparent diameter . Its parallax , distance , and real diameter . First approximation to its orbit . An ellipse about the Earth in the focus . Its excentricity and inclination . Motion of its nodes and apsides . Of ...
... period . Its apparent diameter . Its parallax , distance , and real diameter . First approximation to its orbit . An ellipse about the Earth in the focus . Its excentricity and inclination . Motion of its nodes and apsides . Of ...
Page xxiv
... period . Its apparent diameter . Its parallax , distance , and real diameter . First approximation to its orbit . An ellipse about the Earth in the focus . Its excentricity and inclination . Motion of its nodes and apsides . Of ...
... period . Its apparent diameter . Its parallax , distance , and real diameter . First approximation to its orbit . An ellipse about the Earth in the focus . Its excentricity and inclination . Motion of its nodes and apsides . Of ...
Page xxv
... periods , etc. Dimensions and form of their orbits . Transits across the Sun. Superior planets . Their distances , periods , etc. Kepler's laws and their interpretation . Elliptic elements of a planet's orbit . Its heliocentric and ...
... periods , etc. Dimensions and form of their orbits . Transits across the Sun. Superior planets . Their distances , periods , etc. Kepler's laws and their interpretation . Elliptic elements of a planet's orbit . Its heliocentric and ...
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... period of a binary star CHAPTER XVII . OF CLUSTERS OF STARS AND NEBULE . - Page 596 Of clustering groups of stars . Globular clusters . Their stability dyna- mically possible . List of the most remarkable . Classification of nebulæ and ...
... period of a binary star CHAPTER XVII . OF CLUSTERS OF STARS AND NEBULE . - Page 596 Of clustering groups of stars . Globular clusters . Their stability dyna- mically possible . List of the most remarkable . Classification of nebulæ and ...
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... period , viz . a day , or 24 hours . But no sooner do we come to examine the matter instrumentally , i . e . by noting , by time- keepers , their successive arrivals on the meridian , than we find lifferences which cannot be accounted ...
... period , viz . a day , or 24 hours . But no sooner do we come to examine the matter instrumentally , i . e . by noting , by time- keepers , their successive arrivals on the meridian , than we find lifferences which cannot be accounted ...
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amount angle angular appear apsides ascertained astronomical atmosphere attraction axis bright calculation celestial circle coincidence comet curve described diameter difference direction disc distance disturbed body disturbing force diurnal diurnal motion double stars earth ecliptic effect ellipse epoch equal equator equinoctial equinox error exact excentricity fixed globe gravity heavens heliocentric hemisphere horizon inclination inequality instance instrument interval Jupiter latitude latter less light longitude lunar magnitude mass mean measure meridian micrometrical moon moon's nearly nebula node normal force nutation object observed orbit parallax parallel perigee perihelion period perturbations phænomena phænomenon planet planetary pole portion position precession precisely proper motion proportion recede recess refraction remarkable respect result revolution revolving right ascension rotation round satellites Saturn seen sidereal sidereal day situation solar sphere spherical stars station sun's suppose surface syzygies tangential force telescope tion Uranus variation velocity visible whole zenith