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INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere — Form of Celestial Bodies — Terrest 11 Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit - The Heavenly Bodie move in Conic Sections - Gravitation Proportional to Mass- Gravitation of the ...
INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere — Form of Celestial Bodies — Terrest 11 Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit - The Heavenly Bodie move in Conic Sections - Gravitation Proportional to Mass- Gravitation of the ...
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Theory of Jupiter's Satellites — Effects of the Figure of Jupiter upon his Satellites — Position of their Orbits ... disturbs her own Motion - Excentricity and Inclination of Lunar Orbit invariable - Acceleration Secular Variation in ...
Theory of Jupiter's Satellites — Effects of the Figure of Jupiter upon his Satellites — Position of their Orbits ... disturbs her own Motion - Excentricity and Inclination of Lunar Orbit invariable - Acceleration Secular Variation in ...
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... is identical with that which retains the moon in her orbit ; and he concluded , that , as the moon is kept in her orbit by the attraction of the earth , so the planets might be retained in their orbits by the attraction of the sun .
... is identical with that which retains the moon in her orbit ; and he concluded , that , as the moon is kept in her orbit by the attraction of the earth , so the planets might be retained in their orbits by the attraction of the sun .
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SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere — Form of Celestial Bodies Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit · The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass Gravitation of the Particles of Matter ...
SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere — Form of Celestial Bodies Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit · The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass Gravitation of the Particles of Matter ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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