On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesMurray, 1858 - 555 pages |
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... 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 Gravitation the Cause of Perturbations ...
... 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 Gravitation the Cause of Perturbations ...
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... longitude ; and its elliptical , or true motion , reckoned from that point , is its true longitude ( N. 47 ) : both being estimated from west to east , the direction in which the bodies move . The difference between the two is called ...
... longitude ; and its elliptical , or true motion , reckoned from that point , is its true longitude ( N. 47 ) : both being estimated from west to east , the direction in which the bodies move . The difference between the two is called ...
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... 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 longitude of its ascending node : these give the position of ...
... 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 longitude of its ascending node : these give the position of ...
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... Longitude , 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 ...
... Longitude , 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 ...
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... the planet's longitude . Another acts upon the same body in the direction of its radius vector , that is , in the line joining the centres of the sun and planet , and is called the radial 14 SECT . III . DISTURBING FORCES .
... the planet's longitude . Another acts upon the same body in the direction of its radius vector , that is , in the line joining the centres of the sun and planet , and is called the radial 14 SECT . III . DISTURBING FORCES .
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