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... pole of the moon's orbit revolves just once round the pole of the ecliptic , and for this reason the eclipses in one cycle are repeated with very slight modification in the next cycle , and so on for many centuries . It may be that the ...
... pole of the moon's orbit revolves just once round the pole of the ecliptic , and for this reason the eclipses in one cycle are repeated with very slight modification in the next cycle , and so on for many centuries . It may be that the ...
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... pole of the ecliptic once in eighteen years complicated the problem . He located the moon's excentric as he had done ... pole round the pole of the ecliptic once in 26,000 years in the opposite direction to the THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 19.
... pole of the ecliptic once in eighteen years complicated the problem . He located the moon's excentric as he had done ... pole round the pole of the ecliptic once in 26,000 years in the opposite direction to the THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 19.
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... pole , and must have been used as the pole - star . In the north face of the Great Pyramid is the entrance to an inclined passage , and six of the nine pyramids at Gizeh possess the same feature ; all the passages being inclined at an ...
... pole , and must have been used as the pole - star . In the north face of the Great Pyramid is the entrance to an inclined passage , and six of the nine pyramids at Gizeh possess the same feature ; all the passages being inclined at an ...
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... poles of the ecliptic once a year ....... Copernicus did not know that motion in a straight line is the natural motion ... pole of the ecliptic retrograde ( ie . , opposite to the orbital revolution ) , and by making it perform more than ...
... poles of the ecliptic once a year ....... Copernicus did not know that motion in a straight line is the natural motion ... pole of the ecliptic retrograde ( ie . , opposite to the orbital revolution ) , and by making it perform more than ...
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... pole of the ecliptic , making one revolution and a twenty - six thousandth part of a revolution in the sidereal year , in the opposite direction to its orbital motion . In view of this fanciful structure it must be noted , in fairness ...
... pole of the ecliptic , making one revolution and a twenty - six thousandth part of a revolution in the sidereal year , in the opposite direction to its orbital motion . In view of this fanciful structure it must be noted , in fairness ...
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