Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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Page 130
... rings will also come into relief , the belts of Jupiter may be manifested as portions of his dark body , and ere long the mountains and elevated continents of Mars will rise up into solidity before our delighted gaze . - - - I may also ...
... rings will also come into relief , the belts of Jupiter may be manifested as portions of his dark body , and ere long the mountains and elevated continents of Mars will rise up into solidity before our delighted gaze . - - - I may also ...
Page 160
... ring at present visible is its shadow as a thin , hard , dark , rough line across or along the equator of the planet , which is now so full of sharp belts over almost all its surface , that it might be taken for a view of Jupiter with a ...
... ring at present visible is its shadow as a thin , hard , dark , rough line across or along the equator of the planet , which is now so full of sharp belts over almost all its surface , that it might be taken for a view of Jupiter with a ...
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... ring , and distinguished from the neighbouring objects under all angles by its dark grey tint . Subsequently it often appeared , even in a 27 - foot reflector ( mirror about 20 inches ) , under favourable circumstances , as a bright ...
... ring , and distinguished from the neighbouring objects under all angles by its dark grey tint . Subsequently it often appeared , even in a 27 - foot reflector ( mirror about 20 inches ) , under favourable circumstances , as a bright ...
Page 256
... ring - micrometer , and upon an object of about 13th magnitude ; part of the differences , besides , may be owing to the star - positions . On May 31 and June 1 , for example , the same comparison - star was used . The observa- tion on ...
... ring - micrometer , and upon an object of about 13th magnitude ; part of the differences , besides , may be owing to the star - positions . On May 31 and June 1 , for example , the same comparison - star was used . The observa- tion on ...
Page 259
... ring of asteroids situate at a distance from the Sun equal to that of the Earth , the total mass of these asteroids will be somewhat greater than that of Mars , and will be equal to the fraction o138 of the mass of the Earth . 2o . If ...
... ring of asteroids situate at a distance from the Sun equal to that of the Earth , the total mass of these asteroids will be somewhat greater than that of Mars , and will be equal to the fraction o138 of the mass of the Earth . 2o . If ...
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2r+g Airy Alhazen Annex appears April Astronomer Royal bright Calculation CAYLEY clock Comet computed corrected crater Decl declination diameter difference distance Ditto ditto edge Ephemeris equations Equatoreal error excentricity eye-piece Greenwich inches aperture instrument July June Jupiter Jupiter's Satellites latitude light limb longitude Lunar m² e m² n² Mars Mean Solar measures Memoir meridian Minor Planets Monthly Notices Moon Moon's Mean Motion N.P.D. from Observation Nautical Almanac nearly Nebula nucleus Number of Observations obtained Occultation orbit parallax perihelion photographs Prof R.A. from Observation Radcliffe Catalogue radiation Right Ascension ring Royal Observatory Saturn Secular Acceleration shadow Sirius Small Planets Society Solar Eclipse soleil stars Struve Sun's disk surface T. W. Webb taches telescope term thermometer tion Transit of Mercury Ursa Variable Variable Stars W. R. Dawes Weisse