On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... greater or less than what is requisite for perfectly elliptical motion . When greater , the curvature of the disturbed planet's path , on leaving its perihelion ( N. 64 ) , or point nearest the sun , is greater than it would be in the ...
... greater or less than what is requisite for perfectly elliptical motion . When greater , the curvature of the disturbed planet's path , on leaving its perihelion ( N. 64 ) , or point nearest the sun , is greater than it would be in the ...
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... greater excentricity , with the exception of Nysa . Its orbit cuts that of Mars , and comes nearer to the earth than the orbits of either Mars or Venus , a circumstance which would be favourable for correcting the parallax of the sun ...
... greater excentricity , with the exception of Nysa . Its orbit cuts that of Mars , and comes nearer to the earth than the orbits of either Mars or Venus , a circumstance which would be favourable for correcting the parallax of the sun ...
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... greater axes of the orbits of all his satellites , which is more rapid the nearer the satellite is to the planet , and very much greater than that part of their motion which arises from the disturbing action of the sun . The same cause ...
... greater axes of the orbits of all his satellites , which is more rapid the nearer the satellite is to the planet , and very much greater than that part of their motion which arises from the disturbing action of the sun . The same cause ...
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... greater excen- tricity than modern astronomers assign to it . The planets disturb the motion of the moon both directly and indirectly ; their action on the earth alters its relative position with regard to the sun and moon , and ...
... greater excen- tricity than modern astronomers assign to it . The planets disturb the motion of the moon both directly and indirectly ; their action on the earth alters its relative position with regard to the sun and moon , and ...
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... greater the excentricity of the terrestrial orbit , the greater is the disturbing action of the sun on the moon . Now , as the excentricity has been decreasing for ages , the effect of the sun in disturbing the moon has been diminishing ...
... greater the excentricity of the terrestrial orbit , the greater is the disturbing action of the sun on the moon . Now , as the excentricity has been decreasing for ages , the effect of the sun in disturbing the moon has been diminishing ...
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