Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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Page 125
... motion and parallax the cross velocity may be computed , that is the linear value of that component of the star's motion which is perpendicular to our line of sight to the star . From the cross velocity and the radial velocity the ...
... motion and parallax the cross velocity may be computed , that is the linear value of that component of the star's motion which is perpendicular to our line of sight to the star . From the cross velocity and the radial velocity the ...
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... motion of the sun along the ecliptic through the zodiacal constellations . This annual motion of the earth combined with the revolution of the other planets around the sun explained the loops in the apparent paths of the planets among ...
... motion of the sun along the ecliptic through the zodiacal constellations . This annual motion of the earth combined with the revolution of the other planets around the sun explained the loops in the apparent paths of the planets among ...
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... motion - the angular and linear peculiar motions , and the linear group - motion - appear to increase with the in- crease in period , and for the Me stars , the increase is correlated with an advance in spectral subtype . These ...
... motion - the angular and linear peculiar motions , and the linear group - motion - appear to increase with the in- crease in period , and for the Me stars , the increase is correlated with an advance in spectral subtype . These ...
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Bolide observed A bright 451 | 114 |
STELLAR DISTANCES FREDERICK SLOCUM | 117 |
METEORITIC FOSSILS BEN HUR WILSON | 125 |
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