On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
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A periodical inequality of this kind in the motions of Jupiter and Saturn has a period of no less than 918 years . The radial force , or that part of the disturbing force which acts in the direction of the line joining the centres of ...
A periodical inequality of this kind in the motions of Jupiter and Saturn has a period of no less than 918 years . The radial force , or that part of the disturbing force which acts in the direction of the line joining the centres of ...
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... it causes the sun's attraction to deviate from the exact law of gravity , and the whole action of this compound central force on the disturbed body is either greater or less than what is requisite for perfectly elliptical motion .
... it causes the sun's attraction to deviate from the exact law of gravity , and the whole action of this compound central force on the disturbed body is either greater or less than what is requisite for perfectly elliptical motion .
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The major axis of Jupiter's orbit requires no less than 200,610 years to perform its sidereal revolution , and 22,748 years to accomplish its tropical revolution from the disturbing action of Saturn alone .
The major axis of Jupiter's orbit requires no less than 200,610 years to perform its sidereal revolution , and 22,748 years to accomplish its tropical revolution from the disturbing action of Saturn alone .
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The satellites , like the planets , were probably projected in elliptical orbits : but , as the masses of the satellites are nearly 100,000 times less than that of Jupiter ; and as the compression of Jupiter's spheroid is so great ...
The satellites , like the planets , were probably projected in elliptical orbits : but , as the masses of the satellites are nearly 100,000 times less than that of Jupiter ; and as the compression of Jupiter's spheroid is so great ...
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The nodes of the fourth satellite accomplish a tropical revolution in 531 years , while those of Jupiter's orbit require no less than 36,261 years ; -a proof of the reciprocal attraction between each particle of Jupiter's equator and of ...
The nodes of the fourth satellite accomplish a tropical revolution in 531 years , while those of Jupiter's orbit require no less than 36,261 years ; -a proof of the reciprocal attraction between each particle of Jupiter's equator and of ...
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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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