On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Ecliptic- Equinoxes - Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Centre - In- clination of the Orbits of Planets Celestial Latitude Elements of an Orbit Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits clination of the Orbits of the New Planets Universal ...
... Ecliptic- Equinoxes - Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Centre - In- clination of the Orbits of Planets Celestial Latitude Elements of an Orbit Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits clination of the Orbits of the New Planets Universal ...
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... ecliptic in which the earth moves ; and , on that account , astronomers refer their mo- tions to this plane at a given epoch as a known and fixed position . The angular distance of a planet from the plane of the ecliptic is its latitude ...
... ecliptic in which the earth moves ; and , on that account , astronomers refer their mo- tions to this plane at a given epoch as a known and fixed position . The angular distance of a planet from the plane of the ecliptic is its latitude ...
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... ecliptic , cut it in straight lines , passing through the centre of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently - discovered planets deviate more from the ecliptic than those of the ancient planets : that of Pallas , for instance ...
... ecliptic , cut it in straight lines , passing through the centre of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently - discovered planets deviate more from the ecliptic than those of the ancient planets : that of Pallas , for instance ...
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... Ecliptic Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable Stability of System Effects of a Resisting Medium - ― - - Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of the Universe Great Inequality of Jupiter and Saturn . THE planets are subject to ...
... Ecliptic Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable Stability of System Effects of a Resisting Medium - ― - - Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of the Universe Great Inequality of Jupiter and Saturn . THE planets are subject to ...
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... ecliptic . Planetary motion , including both these kinds of disturbance , may be represented by a body revolving in an ellipse , and making small and transient deviations , now on one side of its path , and now on the other , whilst the ...
... ecliptic . Planetary motion , including both these kinds of disturbance , may be represented by a body revolving in an ellipse , and making small and transient deviations , now on one side of its path , and now on the other , whilst the ...
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