On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Variations in the Planet's Distance from the Sun It combines with the Tangential Force to produce the Secular Variations in the Form and Position of the Orbit in its own Plane Perpendicular Force the cause of Periodic Perturbations in ...
... Variations in the Planet's Distance from the Sun It combines with the Tangential Force to produce the Secular Variations in the Form and Position of the Orbit in its own Plane Perpendicular Force the cause of Periodic Perturbations in ...
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... variations do compensate each other in short periods , there are others , depending on peculiar relations among the periodic times of the planets , which do not compensate each other till after one , or even till after many revolutions ...
... variations do compensate each other in short periods , there are others , depending on peculiar relations among the periodic times of the planets , which do not compensate each other till after one , or even till after many revolutions ...
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... variation in the excentricity of the disturbed planet's orbit is an immediate consequence of the deviation from elliptical curvature , caused by the action of the disturbing force . When the path of the body , in proceeding from its ...
... variation in the excentricity of the disturbed planet's orbit is an immediate consequence of the deviation from elliptical curvature , caused by the action of the disturbing force . When the path of the body , in proceeding from its ...
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... variations in the inclination of the orbit , and a retrograde motion to its nodes on the true plane of the ecliptic ( N. 71 ) . This force tends to pull the disturbed body above , or push ( N. 72 ) it below ... VARIATION IN INCLINATION .
... variations in the inclination of the orbit , and a retrograde motion to its nodes on the true plane of the ecliptic ( N. 71 ) . This force tends to pull the disturbed body above , or push ( N. 72 ) it below ... VARIATION IN INCLINATION .
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... variation of the excentricity and the motion of the major axis . The nodes and inclinations vary simultaneously ; their periods are the same , and very great . The nodes of Jupiter's orbit , from the action of Saturn alone , require ...
... variation of the excentricity and the motion of the major axis . The nodes and inclinations vary simultaneously ; their periods are the same , and very great . The nodes of Jupiter's orbit , from the action of Saturn alone , require ...
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