Popular Astronomy, Volume 54Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1946 |
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Page 177
... atmosphere ; but the observations made and reported of such conditions existing on the moon are so few that many astronomers are not satisfied to accept them as final . To go back a bit , in 1873 , Proctor in " The Moon , " p . 292 ...
... atmosphere ; but the observations made and reported of such conditions existing on the moon are so few that many astronomers are not satisfied to accept them as final . To go back a bit , in 1873 , Proctor in " The Moon , " p . 292 ...
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... atmosphere on the Moon . Whatever atmosphere it once had , it must have lost long ago , on account of its low surface gravity and consequent low velocity of escape . Nevertheless , several astronomers , such as W. H. Pickering ...
... atmosphere on the Moon . Whatever atmosphere it once had , it must have lost long ago , on account of its low surface gravity and consequent low velocity of escape . Nevertheless , several astronomers , such as W. H. Pickering ...
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... Atmosphere By G. HERZBERG In a recent note in this journal Khan ' has discussed the possibility of obtaining a very critical test of the presence of a lunar atmosphere by trying to observe in the spectrum of the earth - shine ...
... Atmosphere By G. HERZBERG In a recent note in this journal Khan ' has discussed the possibility of obtaining a very critical test of the presence of a lunar atmosphere by trying to observe in the spectrum of the earth - shine ...
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Morgan H R Motions in the solar system | 2 |
Names of the sateillites The Samuel G Barton | 122 |
THE SEVENTYFOURTH MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASTRO | 159 |
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