On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & Bros., 1862 - 460 pages |
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... Ecliptic - Equr noxes - Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Center - Inclination of the Orbits of Planets - Celestial Latitude - Nodes - Elements of an Orbit —Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits - Great Inclination of the Orbits of the ...
... Ecliptic - Equr noxes - Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Center - Inclination of the Orbits of Planets - Celestial Latitude - Nodes - Elements of an Orbit —Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits - Great Inclination of the Orbits of the ...
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... Ecliptic - Equi noxes - Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Center - Inclination of the Orbits of Planets - Celestial Latitude - Nodes - Elements of an Orbit -Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits - Great Inclination of the Orbits of the ...
... Ecliptic - Equi noxes - Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Center - Inclination of the Orbits of Planets - Celestial Latitude - Nodes - Elements of an Orbit -Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits - Great Inclination of the Orbits of the ...
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... ecliptic , or ap- parent path of the sun , in two points diametrically oppo- site to one another , called the vernal ... ecliptic in which the earth moves ; and on that account , astronomers refer their motions to this plane at a given ...
... ecliptic , or ap- parent path of the sun , in two points diametrically oppo- site to one another , called the vernal ... ecliptic in which the earth moves ; and on that account , astronomers refer their motions to this plane at a given ...
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... ecliptic , through which the planet passes , in going from the southern to the northern hemisphere . The descending node is a corresponding point in the plane of the ecliptic diametrically opposite to the other , through which the ...
... ecliptic , through which the planet passes , in going from the southern to the northern hemisphere . The descending node is a corresponding point in the plane of the ecliptic diametrically opposite to the other , through which the ...
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... Ecliptic - Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable - Stability of System - Effects of a Resisting Medium- Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of the Universe - Great Ine- quality of Jupiter and Saturn . THE planets are subject to ...
... Ecliptic - Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable - Stability of System - Effects of a Resisting Medium- Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of the Universe - Great Ine- quality of Jupiter and Saturn . THE planets are subject to ...
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