Rudimentary AstronomyCrosby Lockwood & Company, 1882 - 175 pages |
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61 Cygni accuracy aphelion apogee appear apse astronomers axis body calculated catalogue centre circle comet correction curve describe determined diameter direction discovered discovery disk disturbing force diurnal motion earth earth's orbit earth's surface ecliptic effect elements elliptic orbit epoch equal equator equatorial equinox error evection excentricity fixed geocentric gravitation Greenwich heavens Hence Herschel horizontal inclination increased inequalities instrument interval Jupiter Kepler's known latitude light line of apsides longitude lunar orbit magnitude mean anomaly mean distance mean motion measured meridian moon moon's moving nearly node nutation object observations Observatory parallax perigee perihelion period planet polar distance pole position proper motions quantity radius vector reader refraction revolution revolve right angles right ascensions rotation round the sun satellites sidereal sidereal period space spectrum stars sun's supposed syzygy telescope tion transit Treatise true anomaly true longitude velocity Venus vertical visible zenith distances
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