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... apsides . Of occultations and solar eclipses generally . Limits within which they are possible . They prove the Moon to be an opaque solid . Its light derived from the Sun. Its phases . Synodic revolution or lunar month . Harvest Moon ...
... apsides . Of occultations and solar eclipses generally . Limits within which they are possible . They prove the Moon to be an opaque solid . Its light derived from the Sun. Its phases . Synodic revolution or lunar month . Harvest Moon ...
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... apsides and excentricity . Ex- perimental illustration . Application of the foregoing principles to the Planetary theory . Compensation in orbits very nearly circular . Effects of ellipticity . General results . Lagrange's theorem of ...
... apsides and excentricity . Ex- perimental illustration . Application of the foregoing principles to the Planetary theory . Compensation in orbits very nearly circular . Effects of ellipticity . General results . Lagrange's theorem of ...
Page 262
... APSIDES . ECLIPSES GENERALLY . SIBLE . THEY PROVE THE MOON TO BE AN OPAQUE SOLID . - —— -ITS ITS PHASES . SYNODIC RE- HARVEST MOON . - - LIGHT DERIVED FROM THE SUN . VOLUTION OR LUNAR MONTH . OF ECLIPSES MORE PARTICULARLY . THEIR ...
... APSIDES . ECLIPSES GENERALLY . SIBLE . THEY PROVE THE MOON TO BE AN OPAQUE SOLID . - —— -ITS ITS PHASES . SYNODIC RE- HARVEST MOON . - - LIGHT DERIVED FROM THE SUN . VOLUTION OR LUNAR MONTH . OF ECLIPSES MORE PARTICULARLY . THEIR ...
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... apsides . ( 407. ) There are , however , several remarkable circum- stances which interrupt the closeness of the analogy , which cannot fail to strike the reader , between the motion of the moon around the earth , and of the earth ...
... apsides . ( 407. ) There are , however , several remarkable circum- stances which interrupt the closeness of the analogy , which cannot fail to strike the reader , between the motion of the moon around the earth , and of the earth ...
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... of angular motion in a whole revolution of the moon . This is the phænomenon known by the name of the revolution of the moon's apsides . Its cause will be hereafter explained . Its immediate effect is 266 OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY .
... of angular motion in a whole revolution of the moon . This is the phænomenon known by the name of the revolution of the moon's apsides . Its cause will be hereafter explained . Its immediate effect is 266 OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY .
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amount angle angular appear apsides ascertained astronomical attraction axis bright calculation celestial circle comet curve described diameter difference direction disc distance disturbed body disturbing force diurnal diurnal motion double stars earth ecliptic Edition effect epoch equal equator equinoctial equinox error exact excentricity fixed globe gravity heavens heliocentric hemisphere horizon inclination inequality instance instrument interval Julian period Jupiter latitude latter less light longitude lunar magnitude mass mean measure meridian moon moon's motion nearly nebula node normal force nutation object observed orbit parallax parallel perigee perihelion period perturbations phænomena planet planetary pole portion position precession proper motions proportion recede reckoned 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 vols whole zenith