School Atlas of Astronomy: Comprising, in Twenty-one Plates, a Complete Series of Illustrations of the Heavenly BodiesWilliam Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 70 strani |
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Stran 16
... inferior planet is given in fig . 7 , Plate 1 . The line E F S A , passing through the earth , the sun , and the planet , is termed the line of conjunction . The planet is said to be in superior conjunction when it is at A , and to be in ...
... inferior planet is given in fig . 7 , Plate 1 . The line E F S A , passing through the earth , the sun , and the planet , is termed the line of conjunction . The planet is said to be in superior conjunction when it is at A , and to be in ...
Stran 17
... inferior planets consists in this , that they travel sometimes with a direct motion , and other times with a ... conjunction . The line joining the planet , the earth , and the sun in either case is called the line of conjunction ...
... inferior planets consists in this , that they travel sometimes with a direct motion , and other times with a ... conjunction . The line joining the planet , the earth , and the sun in either case is called the line of conjunction ...
Stran 18
... conjunction and retrograde in opposi- tion , there are manifestly two intermediate positions in which it may be regarded as stationary . The same distinction which exists between the sidereal and synodic revolutions of an inferior ...
... conjunction and retrograde in opposi- tion , there are manifestly two intermediate positions in which it may be regarded as stationary . The same distinction which exists between the sidereal and synodic revolutions of an inferior ...
Stran 24
... inferior conjunction it is in the immediate vicinity of the sun , and is from this cause necessarily invisible . But independently of this circumstance , the planet cannot be generally seen at the time of inferior conjunction , because ...
... inferior conjunction it is in the immediate vicinity of the sun , and is from this cause necessarily invisible . But independently of this circumstance , the planet cannot be generally seen at the time of inferior conjunction , because ...
Stran 25
... inferior conjunction , it is travelling in the same direction as the earth , but , being nearer the sun than the earth , its motion is quicker , and the result is that it apparently travels over the sun's disc with a velocity equal to ...
... inferior conjunction , it is travelling in the same direction as the earth , but , being nearer the sun than the earth , its motion is quicker , and the result is that it apparently travels over the sun's disc with a velocity equal to ...
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amounts angle angular apparent diameter apparent paths apparent position apparition appear astronomers Atlas atmosphere axis body brightness celestial object celestial sphere centre circle circumstance comet constellation dark lines direction discovered discovery diurnal motion double star earth's orbit earth's surface ecliptic Edinburgh & London Engraved & Printed equator excentricity exhibits greatest heavens Herschel horizon inches inferior conjunction inferior planets instance Jupiter KEITH JOHNSTON light longitude magnitude Maps Mars mean distance mean solar Mercury meridian meteors millions of miles minor planets moon moon's motion movements naked eye nebula Neptune night node observations opposite passing perihelion phenomena planet revolves Printed in Colours rays refraction remarkable represented result revolving round right ascension ring round the sun satellites Saturn seen shadow shooting stars sidereal solar parallax solar spectrum south pole southern hemisphere spots sun's disc superior planets suppose synodic revolution telescope termed total eclipse Uranus velocity Venus visible William Blackwood
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Stran 17 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Stran 70 - Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland ; and JAMES NICOL, FRSE, FGS, Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. Constructed by ALEX. KEITH JOHNSTON, FRSE, &c., Geographer to the Queen, Author of the "Physical Atlas,