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... and Secular Inequalities in the Form and Position of the Orbit in its own Plane - Radial Force the cause of Variations in the Planet's Distance from the Sun It combines with the Tangential Force to produce the Secular Variations ...
... and Secular Inequalities in the Form and Position of the Orbit in its own Plane - Radial Force the cause of Variations in the Planet's Distance from the Sun It combines with the Tangential Force to produce the Secular Variations ...
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The equinoctial , which is a great circle traced in the starry heavens by the imaginary extension of the plane of the terrestrial equator , is intersected by the ecliptic , or apparent path of the sun , in two points diametrically ...
The equinoctial , which is a great circle traced in the starry heavens by the imaginary extension of the plane of the terrestrial equator , is intersected by the ecliptic , or apparent path of the sun , in two points diametrically ...
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... and the excentricity , which determine the form of the orbit ; the longitude of the planet when at its least distance from the sun , called the longitude of the perihelion ; the inclination of the orbit to the plane of the ecliptic ...
... and the excentricity , which determine the form of the orbit ; the longitude of the planet when at its least distance from the sun , called the longitude of the perihelion ; the inclination of the orbit to the plane of the ecliptic ...
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At one time it is drawn above the plane of its orbit , at another time below it , according to the position of the disturbing body . All such changes , being accomplished in short periods , some in a few months , others in years , or in ...
At one time it is drawn above the plane of its orbit , at another time below it , according to the position of the disturbing body . All such changes , being accomplished in short periods , some in a few months , others in years , or in ...
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a the orbits return to the same positions relatively to one another and to the plane of the ecliptic . Planetary motion , including both these kinds of disturbance , may be represented by a body revolving in an ellipse , and making ...
a the orbits return to the same positions relatively to one another and to the plane of the ecliptic . Planetary motion , including both these kinds of disturbance , may be represented by a body revolving in an ellipse , and making ...
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 12 Apr 2012 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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