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... called " planets " ( literally , wan- derers ) . Others remain immovable , and shine with a shifting , twinkling light . They are termed the " fixed stars , " although it is now known that they also are in motion - the most rapid of any ...
... called " planets " ( literally , wan- derers ) . Others remain immovable , and shine with a shifting , twinkling light . They are termed the " fixed stars , " although it is now known that they also are in motion - the most rapid of any ...
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... called the " Newton of Antiquity . " He was the most celebrated of the Greek astrono- mers . He calculated the length of the year to with- in six minutes , discovered the precession of the equi- noxes , and made the first catalogue of ...
... called the " Newton of Antiquity . " He was the most celebrated of the Greek astrono- mers . He calculated the length of the year to with- in six minutes , discovered the precession of the equi- noxes , and made the first catalogue of ...
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... called . The advo- cates of this theory assumed that every planet re- volves in a circle , and that the earth is the fixed centre around which the sun and the heavenly bodies move . They then conceived that a bar , or some- thing ...
... called . The advo- cates of this theory assumed that every planet re- volves in a circle , and that the earth is the fixed centre around which the sun and the heavenly bodies move . They then conceived that a bar , or some- thing ...
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... called before a committee of the House of Commons to give his opinion on the probable issue of some enterprise then under consideration . How- ever foolish the system of Astrology itself may have been , it preserved the science of ...
... called before a committee of the House of Commons to give his opinion on the probable issue of some enterprise then under consideration . How- ever foolish the system of Astrology itself may have been , it preserved the science of ...
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... called Kepler's laws . These constitute almost the sum of astronomical knowledge , and form one of the most precious conquests of the human mind . They are the three arches of the bridge over which Astronomy crossed the gulf between the ...
... called Kepler's laws . These constitute almost the sum of astronomical knowledge , and form one of the most precious conquests of the human mind . They are the three arches of the bridge over which Astronomy crossed the gulf between the ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appear Aries astronomers atmosphere axis Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia cause Celestial Sphere centre Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark density Describe diameter disk earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars full moon globe heat heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon inclined inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light luminous lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors miles moon's motion move naked eye nearly nebula Neptune night node north pole Orion parallax pass path penumbra perihelion Perseus Pisces polar Polaris precession rays revolve ring rising Saturn seasons seen shine side sidereal sidereal day solar day solar system solstice space spots summer sun's surface synodic revolution tance Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible winter Zodiac