Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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tric will be its orbit . It is also evident that the smaller the planet , the quicker its charge will be lost . Thus the two smallest planets , Mercury and Pluto , have the most eccentric orbits . After the planet's approach toward the ...
tric will be its orbit . It is also evident that the smaller the planet , the quicker its charge will be lost . Thus the two smallest planets , Mercury and Pluto , have the most eccentric orbits . After the planet's approach toward the ...
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... orbit , for , if it did , the stars would appear to be in slightly different directions when seen from opposite sides of the orbit , or , more specifically , the nearer stars would appear to shift their positions with respect to the ...
... orbit , for , if it did , the stars would appear to be in slightly different directions when seen from opposite sides of the orbit , or , more specifically , the nearer stars would appear to shift their positions with respect to the ...
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... orbit . The orbit would therefore not be a simple conic section . 39. The objections to the fall through the atmosphere would be the same as those stated before concerning the rise through it . 40. The velocity of the fall would not be ...
... orbit . The orbit would therefore not be a simple conic section . 39. The objections to the fall through the atmosphere would be the same as those stated before concerning the rise through it . 40. The velocity of the fall would not be ...
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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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