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He discovered the errors in Jupiter ' s calculated place , due to what we now
know as the long inequality of Jupiter and Saturn , and measured with
considerable accuracy the acceleration at that date of Jupiter ' s mean motion ,
and indicated ...
He discovered the errors in Jupiter ' s calculated place , due to what we now
know as the long inequality of Jupiter and Saturn , and measured with
considerable accuracy the acceleration at that date of Jupiter ' s mean motion ,
and indicated ...
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The new planet was found to rank in size next to Jupiter and Saturn , being 4 . 3
times the diameter of the earth . In 1787 Herschel discovered two satellites , both
revolving in nearly the same plane , inclined 80° to the ecliptic , and the motion of
...
The new planet was found to rank in size next to Jupiter and Saturn , being 4 . 3
times the diameter of the earth . In 1787 Herschel discovered two satellites , both
revolving in nearly the same plane , inclined 80° to the ecliptic , and the motion of
...
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on photographs , by Pickering in 1898 , with retrograde motion ; and he has lately
added a tenth . The occasional disappearance of Cassini ' s Japetus was found
on investigation to be due to the same causes as that of Jupiter ' s fourth satellite
...
on photographs , by Pickering in 1898 , with retrograde motion ; and he has lately
added a tenth . The occasional disappearance of Cassini ' s Japetus was found
on investigation to be due to the same causes as that of Jupiter ' s fourth satellite
...
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Contents
ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY | 3 |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY | 46 |
NEWTONS SUCCESSORS HALLEY EULER | 60 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy The history of science series |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Watts, 1921 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 150 pages |
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