Popular Astronomy, Volume 53Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1945 |
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... complete rotation taking eight days or less . This high speed of rotation seems improbable considering that Sirius is in an earlier stage of evolution , and is there- fore less condensed than the sun . . . " Similarly J. A. Carroll ex ...
... complete rotation taking eight days or less . This high speed of rotation seems improbable considering that Sirius is in an earlier stage of evolution , and is there- fore less condensed than the sun . . . " Similarly J. A. Carroll ex ...
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... complete census of all possible uninterrupted Easter intervals . The particular specifications would take too much space , but we might find room for the totals . This information is given in Table XVI . In this concluding table , the ...
... complete census of all possible uninterrupted Easter intervals . The particular specifications would take too much space , but we might find room for the totals . This information is given in Table XVI . In this concluding table , the ...
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... complete individuals , " technically so - called , or " fallen meteorites . " We do not know and we may never know , save , possibly , in very exceptional cases , whether the dis- junct members of a multiple fall or meteoritic shower ...
... complete individuals , " technically so - called , or " fallen meteorites . " We do not know and we may never know , save , possibly , in very exceptional cases , whether the dis- junct members of a multiple fall or meteoritic shower ...
Contents
THE VARIATION IN THE CALENDAR TIME OF THE EQUINOX | 103 |
PERSONAL EQUATION IN ASTRONOMY RAYNOR L DUNCOMBE | 110 |
THE AMPLEMENT AND THE COAMPLEMENT OF AN ANGLE | 121 |
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absorption aerolite angle angular appear April Astronomical Society B.Taur bisection error bright calendar century Cepheids clock clouds color comet computed constellation coördinate corona craters cycle Cygni dark nebulae diameter distance earth Easter intervals eclipse emission epact Ephemeris equinox Figure fireball full moon galactic given golden number Greenwich Jupiter km/sec latitude light curves lines lunar magnitude March Mars maximum mean Mercury meridian meteor meteorite method micrometer miles minimum motion nebulae noted nova object observations Observatory OCCULTATIONS VISIBLE orbit parsecs path perihelion period personal equation personal error photographic planets position precessional action region reports right ascension rotation satellite Saturn solar spectra spectral type spectrum SS Cygni stellar sun-spot surface Table Tauri stars telescope temperature tion transit circle U.S. Naval Observatory University Uranus Variable Star variation velocity Venus VISIBLE IN LONGITUDE zenith