On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... axis , and is at its maximum ninety degrees ( N. 50 ) distant from these points , or in quadratures ( N. 51 ) , where it measures the excen- tricity ( N. 52 ) of the orbit ; so that the place of the planet in its elliptical orbit is ...
... axis , and is at its maximum ninety degrees ( N. 50 ) distant from these points , or in quadratures ( N. 51 ) , where it measures the excen- tricity ( N. 52 ) of the orbit ; so that the place of the planet in its elliptical orbit is ...
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... axis , and the ex- centricity , which determine the form of the orbit ; the longitude of the planet when at its least distance from the sun , called the longitude of the perihelion ; the inclination of the orbit to the plane of the ...
... axis , and the ex- centricity , which determine the form of the orbit ; the longitude of the planet when at its least distance from the sun , called the longitude of the perihelion ; the inclination of the orbit to the plane of the ...
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... Axis Invariable Stability of System Effects of a Resisting Medium - ― - - Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of the Universe Great Inequality of Jupiter and Saturn . THE planets are subject to disturbances of two kinds , both ...
... Axis Invariable Stability of System Effects of a Resisting Medium - ― - - Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of the Universe Great Inequality of Jupiter and Saturn . THE planets are subject to disturbances of two kinds , both ...
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... axis , advance in space . When the central force is less than the law of gravity requires , the curvature of the planet's path is less than the curvature of the ellipse . So that the planet , on leaving its perihelion , would pass ...
... axis , advance in space . When the central force is less than the law of gravity requires , the curvature of the planet's path is less than the curvature of the ellipse . So that the planet , on leaving its perihelion , would pass ...
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... axis before it has completed its revolution with regard to the stars . The major axis of Jupiter's orbit requires no less than 200,610 years to perform its sidereal revolution , and 22,748 years to accomplish its tropical revolution ...
... axis before it has completed its revolution with regard to the stars . The major axis of Jupiter's orbit requires no less than 200,610 years to perform its sidereal revolution , and 22,748 years to accomplish its tropical revolution ...
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