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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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But the distances of the satellites from their primaries are incomparably less than the distances of the planets from the sun , and from one another . So that the system of a planet and its satellites moves nearly as if all these bodies ...
But the distances of the satellites from their primaries are incomparably less than the distances of the planets from the sun , and from one another . So that the system of a planet and its satellites moves nearly as if all these bodies ...
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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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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2013 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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