Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... mass of very high land , about 5000 feet ; see quotation from Webb . It is also very rugged . This mass of high and rugged land is well shown on the large German map . V. A small crater west of Cichus , marked B on the large German map ...
... mass of very high land , about 5000 feet ; see quotation from Webb . It is also very rugged . This mass of high and rugged land is well shown on the large German map . V. A small crater west of Cichus , marked B on the large German map ...
Page 31
... masses of the Earth and Moon ; a is , therefore , an absolute constant . m , = n ' n is an absolute constant . " The ... mass is taken to be = n ' a'3 , or , what is the same thing , = m2 n2 a'3 . Then r , v , being the radius vector and ...
... masses of the Earth and Moon ; a is , therefore , an absolute constant . m , = n ' n is an absolute constant . " The ... mass is taken to be = n ' a'3 , or , what is the same thing , = m2 n2 a'3 . Then r , v , being the radius vector and ...
Page 76
... mass round the Sun , disturbed by a planet the orbit of which is circular . Let xyz be the rectangular co ... mass , M the mass of the Sun : then we have , rigorously , = ( ) ( ) ( ) + 1⁄2 + + M ( x2 + y2 + zë ) § + m ' - n ' ( ) I ...
... mass round the Sun , disturbed by a planet the orbit of which is circular . Let xyz be the rectangular co ... mass , M the mass of the Sun : then we have , rigorously , = ( ) ( ) ( ) + 1⁄2 + + M ( x2 + y2 + zë ) § + m ' - n ' ( ) I ...
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... mass , the faintness of the satellite has proved a great difficulty ; so that different observers have differed systematically inter se , although each one is quite consistent with himself . For instance , the mass of Neptune , from O ...
... mass , the faintness of the satellite has proved a great difficulty ; so that different observers have differed systematically inter se , although each one is quite consistent with himself . For instance , the mass of Neptune , from O ...
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... mass of Neptune M = with a probable error in the denominator ± 295 I 20039 I 14491 The increase of Neptune's mass to would have the effect of nearly quadrupling the mean error of observation ; and would , in fact , leave intolerable ...
... mass of Neptune M = with a probable error in the denominator ± 295 I 20039 I 14491 The increase of Neptune's mass to would have the effect of nearly quadrupling the mean error of observation ; and would , in fact , leave intolerable ...
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2r+g Airy Alhazen Annex appears April Astronomer Royal bright Calculation CAYLEY clock Comet computed corrected crater Decl declination diameter difference distance Ditto ditto edge Ephemeris equations Equatoreal error excentricity eye-piece Greenwich inches aperture instrument July June Jupiter Jupiter's Satellites latitude light limb longitude Lunar m² e m² n² Mars Mean Solar measures Memoir meridian Minor Planets Monthly Notices Moon Moon's Mean Motion N.P.D. from Observation Nautical Almanac nearly Nebula nucleus Number of Observations obtained Occultation orbit parallax perihelion photographs Prof R.A. from Observation Radcliffe Catalogue radiation Right Ascension ring Royal Observatory Saturn Secular Acceleration shadow Sirius Small Planets Society Solar Eclipse soleil stars Struve Sun's disk surface T. W. Webb taches telescope term thermometer tion Transit of Mercury Ursa Variable Variable Stars W. R. Dawes Weisse