A Compendium of Astronomy: Intended to Simplify and Illustrate the Principles of the Science : and Give a Concise View of the Motions and Aspects of the Great Heavenly Luminaries : Adapted to the Use of Common Schools, as Well as Higher SeminariesCarter, Hendee & Company, 1832 - 180 pages |
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... equator , 132 W. 66 table of , 133 Weeks , 125 Y. P. Year , different kinds , Pallas , 64 Year of different nations , 122 45 Parallax , 134 Penumbra , 115 Z. Periods , Chaldean and Ju- Zones , 39 lian , 120 viii INDEX .
... equator , 132 W. 66 table of , 133 Weeks , 125 Y. P. Year , different kinds , Pallas , 64 Year of different nations , 122 45 Parallax , 134 Penumbra , 115 Z. Periods , Chaldean and Ju- Zones , 39 lian , 120 viii INDEX .
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... equator . Dichotomised , divided into two parts . Disk of the sun or planet , the hemisphere presented to an observer appearing like a plain circle . Eccentricity , the distance in a planet's orbit between one of the foci and the centre ...
... equator . Dichotomised , divided into two parts . Disk of the sun or planet , the hemisphere presented to an observer appearing like a plain circle . Eccentricity , the distance in a planet's orbit between one of the foci and the centre ...
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... equator . Libration of the moon , a periodical irregularity in her mo- tion , by which exactly the same face is not always presented to the earth . Limits in a planet's orbit , two points farthest distant from the nodes . Longitude of a ...
... equator . Libration of the moon , a periodical irregularity in her mo- tion , by which exactly the same face is not always presented to the earth . Limits in a planet's orbit , two points farthest distant from the nodes . Longitude of a ...
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... equator , or referred to that circle by a secondary . It is reckoned from the point where the secon- dary passing through the body cuts the equator . Secondary planets , satellites or moons , small planets revolv- ing round some of the ...
... equator , or referred to that circle by a secondary . It is reckoned from the point where the secon- dary passing through the body cuts the equator . Secondary planets , satellites or moons , small planets revolv- ing round some of the ...
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... equator at the distance of about 23 ° 28 ' . Twilight , crepusculum , the partial light before sunrise in the morning and after sunset in the evening . Vector radius , a line from a planet in any part of its orbit to the sun . Vertical ...
... equator at the distance of about 23 ° 28 ' . Twilight , crepusculum , the partial light before sunrise in the morning and after sunset in the evening . Vector radius , a line from a planet in any part of its orbit to the sun . Vertical ...
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