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Elliptical Motion — Mean and True Motion -- Equinoctial — Ecliptic - Equinoxes — Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Centre - Inclination of the Orbits of Planets Celestial Latitude Nodes — Elements of an Orbit — Undisturbed or ...
Elliptical Motion — Mean and True Motion -- Equinoctial — Ecliptic - Equinoxes — Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Centre - Inclination of the Orbits of Planets Celestial Latitude Nodes — Elements of an Orbit — Undisturbed or ...
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... ( N. 6 ) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere ( N. 7 ) is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the hollow sphere , or the whole matter it contains , were collected into one dense particle in its centre .
... ( N. 6 ) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere ( N. 7 ) is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the hollow sphere , or the whole matter it contains , were collected into one dense particle in its centre .
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minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's distance ( N , 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first ...
minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's distance ( N , 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first ...
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The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law ...
The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law ...
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These motions are independent of one another ; so that a contrary impulse , passing through its centre of gravity , will impede its progress , without interfering with its rotation . The sun rotates about an axis , and modern ...
These motions are independent of one another ; so that a contrary impulse , passing through its centre of gravity , will impede its progress , without interfering with its rotation . The sun rotates about an axis , and modern ...
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