Popular Astronomy, Volume 54Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1946 |
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... computed motions of the node and perigee were not satisfactory . A few years ago , however , Brown found terms of higher order that are appreciable , and these , together with relativity . effects , bring the observed and computed ...
... computed motions of the node and perigee were not satisfactory . A few years ago , however , Brown found terms of higher order that are appreciable , and these , together with relativity . effects , bring the observed and computed ...
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... computed as soon as the data permit even an approximate solution — and some turn out to have been computed sooner ! In many pairs ( such as o CrB ) the observations define the apparent orbit near periastron pretty well , but its extent ...
... computed as soon as the data permit even an approximate solution — and some turn out to have been computed sooner ! In many pairs ( such as o CrB ) the observations define the apparent orbit near periastron pretty well , but its extent ...
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... computed ellipticity , radiation - effect , etc. , may not agree with the values predicted by dynamical and physical theory . By judicious small changes in the parameters , it should usually be possible to get a model which satisfies ...
... computed ellipticity , radiation - effect , etc. , may not agree with the values predicted by dynamical and physical theory . By judicious small changes in the parameters , it should usually be possible to get a model which satisfies ...
Contents
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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