Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1858 |
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... orbital motion . Oct. 4 , the whole circumference of the envelope , or photosphere , as it * The details of his subsequent observations of the comet may be ex- pected from Mr. Lassell . - Editor . might in this case be termed , appeared ...
... orbital motion . Oct. 4 , the whole circumference of the envelope , or photosphere , as it * The details of his subsequent observations of the comet may be ex- pected from Mr. Lassell . - Editor . might in this case be termed , appeared ...
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... orbit . In some cases it might be possible to take such observations as would fix the actual curve of the exterior line of the tail , referred to the radius vector , passing through the centre of the nucleus ; i.e. supposing the central ...
... orbit . In some cases it might be possible to take such observations as would fix the actual curve of the exterior line of the tail , referred to the radius vector , passing through the centre of the nucleus ; i.e. supposing the central ...
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... orbit would be disturbed . The same remark applies to a comet ; but it cannot be denied that the phenomena of the tail , more espe- cially as it turns sharp round in the perihelion passage , are such as require for their explanation a ...
... orbit would be disturbed . The same remark applies to a comet ; but it cannot be denied that the phenomena of the tail , more espe- cially as it turns sharp round in the perihelion passage , are such as require for their explanation a ...
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... orbital motion . 6. Stars of whatever magnitude contained in the standard catalogue of the Nautical Almanac , as well as ... orbit of a planet or comet founded upon employing no more observations than the number which is mathematically ...
... orbital motion . 6. Stars of whatever magnitude contained in the standard catalogue of the Nautical Almanac , as well as ... orbit of a planet or comet founded upon employing no more observations than the number which is mathematically ...
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... orbit to ecliptic .. 63 5 58 Long . of ascending node .. 165 17 52 14 26 23 Long . of perihelion on ecliptic .. Motion retrograde . The errors on the parabolic arcs from the 4th to the 12th , and from the 4th to the 27th , are ...
... orbit to ecliptic .. 63 5 58 Long . of ascending node .. 165 17 52 14 26 23 Long . of perihelion on ecliptic .. Motion retrograde . The errors on the parabolic arcs from the 4th to the 12th , and from the 4th to the 27th , are ...
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Adams Admiral Smyth angle Apparent N.P.D. Apparent R.A. h m appearance April Arcturus Astronomer Royal axis bright calculated Captain Carrington Catalogue centre coefficient comparison computed correction crater dark determined diameter direction disk distance Donati's Comet eclipse edge elements envelope ephemeris epoch equations equatoreal error exhibited Geminus Greenwich instrument Jupiter l'éclipse l'équation l'on latitude length light longitude luminous lunar Lune magnitude Mean Solar measures Memoirs meridian Minor Planets mirror Monthly Notices moon moon's limb mouvement Nautical Almanac nearly Norman Pogson nucleus object-glass obtained occultation October orbit paper perihelion phenomena polar position present Prof Professor proper motions rays réfractions remarkable right ascensions ring Royal Observatory Saturn séculaire seen Sept Sheepshanks side Society solar spots standard stars sun's surface T. W. Webb tail telescope theory tion Variable Star visible volume