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... satellites . As Delambre and Grant have said , this fiction only retarded the progress of pure science . It had no sort of relation to the more modern , but equally misleading , " nebular hypothesis . " While many were talking and ...
... satellites . As Delambre and Grant have said , this fiction only retarded the progress of pure science . It had no sort of relation to the more modern , but equally misleading , " nebular hypothesis . " While many were talking and ...
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... satellites are chiefly controlled by the central body about which they revolve , the new law must involve irregularities , due to their mutual action - such , in fact , as Horrocks had indicated . He determined to put this to a test in ...
... satellites are chiefly controlled by the central body about which they revolve , the new law must involve irregularities , due to their mutual action - such , in fact , as Horrocks had indicated . He determined to put this to a test in ...
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... calculating the precession of the equinoxes , already referred . to , is as beautiful as any- thing in the Principia . He had already proved the regression of the nodes of a satellite moving in an E 2 THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD 57.
... calculating the precession of the equinoxes , already referred . to , is as beautiful as any- thing in the Principia . He had already proved the regression of the nodes of a satellite moving in an E 2 THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD 57.
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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 the nodes of a ring of satellites revolving round the earth's equator would consequently all regress . And if joined ...
George Forbes. regression of the nodes of a satellite moving in an orbit inclined to the ecliptic . He now said that the nodes of a ring of satellites revolving round the earth's equator would consequently all regress . And if joined ...
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... of Newton's law . The lunar and R. A. S. Monthly Notices , 1907-8 . 1 planetary theories , the beautiful theory of Jupiter's satellites , 64 THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS-HERSCHEL, PIAZZI, ADAMS, AND LE VERRIER-
... of Newton's law . The lunar and R. A. S. Monthly Notices , 1907-8 . 1 planetary theories , the beautiful theory of Jupiter's satellites , 64 THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS-HERSCHEL, PIAZZI, ADAMS, AND LE VERRIER-
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