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
... synodic revolution . It is easy to see that the synodic revolution of an inferior planet generally surpasses in duration the sidereal revolution . Thus , in the case of Venus , while the sidereal revolution does not exceed 224 days in ...
... synodic revolution . It is easy to see that the synodic revolution of an inferior planet generally surpasses in duration the sidereal revolution . Thus , in the case of Venus , while the sidereal revolution does not exceed 224 days in ...
Stran 18
... synodic revolutions of an inferior planet holds good also in the case of a ... revolution round the sun , has returned to A , the planet has already ... synodic revolution of a superior planet is measured by the interval included ...
... synodic revolutions of an inferior planet holds good also in the case of a ... revolution round the sun , has returned to A , the planet has already ... synodic revolution of a superior planet is measured by the interval included ...
Stran 29
... Synodic Revolutions — Variation of apparent Diameter - Motion of the Nodes and Apsides - Explanation of its Phases ... revolution of the moon round the earth , there exists the same distinction between the sidereal and synodic ...
... Synodic Revolutions — Variation of apparent Diameter - Motion of the Nodes and Apsides - Explanation of its Phases ... revolution of the moon round the earth , there exists the same distinction between the sidereal and synodic ...
Stran 30
... synodic revolution , the half of the illuminated hemisphere is turned towards the earth , and it exhibits the form of half moon . During the next quarter of a revolution the illuminated half of its surface continues to be turned ...
... synodic revolution , the half of the illuminated hemisphere is turned towards the earth , and it exhibits the form of half moon . During the next quarter of a revolution the illuminated half of its surface continues to be turned ...
Stran 32
... synodic revolution of the moon round the earth , which occa- sions a regular recurrence of eclipses in a cycle of somewhat more than eighteen years . In a period of 6585.772 days the moon's nodes return to the same position with respect ...
... synodic revolution of the moon round the earth , which occa- sions a regular recurrence of eclipses in a cycle of somewhat more than eighteen years . In a period of 6585.772 days the moon's nodes return to the same position with respect ...
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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,