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... CONJUNCTIONS OF PLANETS . - The grouping together of two or more planets within a limited area of the heavens is a ... CONJUNCTION , JANUARY 30 , 1868 . reign of the Emperor Chuenhio . Astronomers tell us that this actually took place ...
... CONJUNCTIONS OF PLANETS . - The grouping together of two or more planets within a limited area of the heavens is a ... CONJUNCTION , JANUARY 30 , 1868 . reign of the Emperor Chuenhio . Astronomers tell us that this actually took place ...
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... conjunction , an observer at the sun would see it in the opposite part of the heavens from that in which it would ... conjunction ( 6 ) with the sun , —an inferior conjunction ( A ) when it comes between the earth and the sun , and a ...
... conjunction , an observer at the sun would see it in the opposite part of the heavens from that in which it would ... conjunction ( 6 ) with the sun , —an inferior conjunction ( A ) when it comes between the earth and the sun , and a ...
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... never visible when in superior conjunction , as its light is then lost in the greater brilliancy of the sun . When in inferior conjunction , it sometimes passes in front. Fig . 19 . B ORBIT AND SEASONS OF MERCURY . 76 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
... never visible when in superior conjunction , as its light is then lost in the greater brilliancy of the sun . When in inferior conjunction , it sometimes passes in front. Fig . 19 . B ORBIT AND SEASONS OF MERCURY . 76 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
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Joel Dorman Steele. When in inferior conjunction , it sometimes passes in front of the sun , and appears to us as a round black spot swiftly moving across his disk . This is called a transit . Fig . 20 . G A RETROGRADE MOTION ...
Joel Dorman Steele. When in inferior conjunction , it sometimes passes in front of the sun , and appears to us as a round black spot swiftly moving across his disk . This is called a transit . Fig . 20 . G A RETROGRADE MOTION ...
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... conjunction , the whole illumined disk is turned to- ward us ; but the planet is lost in the sun's rays : therefore neither Mercury nor Venus ever presents a full circular appearance , like the full moon . A little before or after ...
... conjunction , the whole illumined disk is turned to- ward us ; but the planet is lost in the sun's rays : therefore neither Mercury nor Venus ever presents a full circular appearance , like the full moon . A little before or after ...
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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