Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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Page 156
... train persisted for nearly 10 min . " S2 B , " Left a broad streak of light after it resembling smoke . The light ... train was in the vertical plane , this however is contradicted by the two observers at S5 . But in any case the ...
... train persisted for nearly 10 min . " S2 B , " Left a broad streak of light after it resembling smoke . The light ... train was in the vertical plane , this however is contradicted by the two observers at S5 . But in any case the ...
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... train . The evidence of the drawings indicates , though lacking positive corroborative statements , that the train covered the whole path of the meteor . If so , its upper end had a greater height than usual . It would classify under ...
... train . The evidence of the drawings indicates , though lacking positive corroborative statements , that the train covered the whole path of the meteor . If so , its upper end had a greater height than usual . It would classify under ...
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... train left behind by the meteor amounted to 30 ° . In order to compare next the angle of inclination of the train , which marked the path traversed by the meteor , with the path earlier calculated , the apparent heights of the beginning ...
... train left behind by the meteor amounted to 30 ° . In order to compare next the angle of inclination of the train , which marked the path traversed by the meteor , with the path earlier calculated , the apparent heights of the beginning ...
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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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