Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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... velocity which was conferred upon it by the sun's rotation , and which , of course , is in the same direction as the sun's rotation . As the mass recedes its tangential velocity remains constant , while the rotational velocity of the ...
... velocity which was conferred upon it by the sun's rotation , and which , of course , is in the same direction as the sun's rotation . As the mass recedes its tangential velocity remains constant , while the rotational velocity of the ...
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... velocity , in the sense that , for each additional million light years distance , the velocity of a galaxy is greater by 100 miles per second . For example , a galaxy which is 100,000,000 light years away will have a velocity of 10,000 ...
... velocity , in the sense that , for each additional million light years distance , the velocity of a galaxy is greater by 100 miles per second . For example , a galaxy which is 100,000,000 light years away will have a velocity of 10,000 ...
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... velocity or course of the projectile when it was at its minimum velocity at the neutral point , how could it be really useful at a time of maximum velocity ? 37. An elliptical orbit would take the projectile back to the same point vis ...
... velocity or course of the projectile when it was at its minimum velocity at the neutral point , how could it be really useful at a time of maximum velocity ? 37. An elliptical orbit would take the projectile back to the same point vis ...
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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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