On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... equator of the solar system , dividing it into two parts , which balance one another in all their motions . This plane of greatest inertia , by no means peculiar to the solar sys- tem , but existing in every system of bodies submitted ...
... equator of the solar system , dividing it into two parts , which balance one another in all their motions . This plane of greatest inertia , by no means peculiar to the solar sys- tem , but existing in every system of bodies submitted ...
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... equator must soon have given the circular form observed in the orbits of the first and second satellites , which its superior attraction will always maintain . The third and fourth satellites , being farther removed from its influence ...
... equator must soon have given the circular form observed in the orbits of the first and second satellites , which its superior attraction will always maintain . The third and fourth satellites , being farther removed from its influence ...
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... equator and of the satellites . In fact , if the satellites moved exactly in the plane of Jupiter's equator , they would not be pulled out of that plane , because his attraction would be equal on both sides of it . But , as their orbits ...
... equator and of the satellites . In fact , if the satellites moved exactly in the plane of Jupiter's equator , they would not be pulled out of that plane , because his attraction would be equal on both sides of it . But , as their orbits ...
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... equator , also affect these small bodies ( N. 90 ) . The plane of Jupiter's equator is inclined to the plane of his orbit at an angle of 3o 5 ′ 30 ′′ , so that the action of the sun and of the satellites themselves produces a nutation ...
... equator , also affect these small bodies ( N. 90 ) . The plane of Jupiter's equator is inclined to the plane of his orbit at an angle of 3o 5 ′ 30 ′′ , so that the action of the sun and of the satellites themselves produces a nutation ...
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... equator , which has a very small inclination to his orbit , that the first three are eclipsed at each revolution by the shadow of the planet , which is much larger than the shadow of the moon : the fourth satellite is not eclipsed so ...
... equator , which has a very small inclination to his orbit , that the first three are eclipsed at each revolution by the shadow of the planet , which is much larger than the shadow of the moon : the fourth satellite is not eclipsed so ...
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