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... for the secular acceleration of the moon's longi- tude and the node of her orbit than any that could be R. A. S. Monthly Notices , Sup .; 1905 . Containing record of solar eclipse , 1062 B.C. , used THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 3.
... for the secular acceleration of the moon's longi- tude and the node of her orbit than any that could be R. A. S. Monthly Notices , Sup .; 1905 . Containing record of solar eclipse , 1062 B.C. , used THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 3.
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... Node of the moon , and the moon was eclipsed . " The Phoenicians are supposed to have used the stars for navigation , but there are no records . The Egyptian priests tried to keep such astronomical knowledge as they possessed to ...
... Node of the moon , and the moon was eclipsed . " The Phoenicians are supposed to have used the stars for navigation , but there are no records . The Egyptian priests tried to keep such astronomical knowledge as they possessed to ...
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... nodes ) to revolve in the ecliptic once in about nineteen years . This had been a known fact from the earliest ages . He also concluded that the line of apses would revolve in the plane of the lunar orbit also in about nineteen years ...
... nodes ) to revolve in the ecliptic once in about nineteen years . This had been a known fact from the earliest ages . He also concluded that the line of apses would revolve in the plane of the lunar orbit also in about nineteen years ...
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... nodes , and assigned the maximum value . Grant has shown the values of some of these as given by observation in the tables of Meyer and more modern tables , and has compared them with the values assigned by Newton from his theory ; and ...
... nodes , and assigned the maximum value . Grant has shown the values of some of these as given by observation in the tables of Meyer and more modern tables , and has compared them with the values assigned by Newton from his theory ; and ...
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George Forbes. regression of the nodes of a satellite moving in an orbit inclined to the ecliptic . He now said that ... node would regress ; and it would do so , only more slowly , if encumbered by the spherical part of the earth's mass ...
George Forbes. regression of the nodes of a satellite moving in an orbit inclined to the ecliptic . He now said that ... node would regress ; and it would do so , only more slowly , if encumbered by the spherical part of the earth's mass ...
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