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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 ellipse ...
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 ellipse ...
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... because the arcs in which the accelerations and retardations take place would be symmetrical on each side of the disturbing force . For it is clear , that if the motion be accelerated through a certain space , and then retarded ...
... because the arcs in which the accelerations and retardations take place would be symmetrical on each side of the disturbing force . For it is clear , that if the motion be accelerated through a certain space , and then retarded ...
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When it is at right angles to the line of the nodes , and the orbit symmetrical on each side of the disturbing force , the average motion of these points , after a revolution of the ...
When it is at right angles to the line of the nodes , and the orbit symmetrical on each side of the disturbing force , the average motion of these points , after a revolution of the ...
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The diameter of Mars , on the other side of the small planets , is 4546 miles , and that of the earth 7925 } miles , so that the telescopic group are too minute to disturb the others . M. Le Verrier found another zone of instability ...
The diameter of Mars , on the other side of the small planets , is 4546 miles , and that of the earth 7925 } miles , so that the telescopic group are too minute to disturb the others . M. Le Verrier found another zone of instability ...
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... but both the magnitude and period of these quantities vary , in consequence of the secular variations in the elements of the orbits . Suppose the two planets to be on the same side of the sun , and all three in the same straight ...
... but both the magnitude and period of these quantities vary , in consequence of the secular variations in the elements of the orbits . Suppose the two planets to be on the same side of the sun , and all three in the same straight ...
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