An Elementary Treatise on the Lunar Theory: With a Brief Sketch of the History of the Problem Up to the Time of Newton (Classic Reprint)

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Now, since the path AP very nearly coincides with ap, the disturbances P IQ and pp, produced in them by the action of the same small force m, will be very nearly parallel; and will differ in magnitude by a quantity which can be only a small fraction of either disturbance and which may be neglected compared with the original path ap. There fore p, Q is parallel and equal to pp, .

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