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... Meteors and Shooting Stars . The investigations connected with Spectrum Analy- sis have been especially suggestive . Thus on every hand the facts of Astronomy have been accumulat- ing . As yet , however , they are scattered through many ...
... Meteors and Shooting Stars . The investigations connected with Spectrum Analy- sis have been especially suggestive . Thus on every hand the facts of Astronomy have been accumulat- ing . As yet , however , they are scattered through many ...
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... THE MOON 139 ECLIPSES • 155 THE TIDES MARS THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE SHOOTING METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS • 165 . 168 172 . 175 182 . 189 191 . 194 COMETS ZODIACAL LIGHT III . THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE.
... THE MOON 139 ECLIPSES • 155 THE TIDES MARS THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE SHOOTING METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS • 165 . 168 172 . 175 182 . 189 191 . 194 COMETS ZODIACAL LIGHT III . THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE.
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... Meteors and shooting - stars . 6. Nine comets whose orbits have been computed , and over two hundred of which little is known . 7. The Zodiacal Light . HOW WE ARE TO IMAGINE THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO OUR- SELVES . - We are to think of it as ...
... Meteors and shooting - stars . 6. Nine comets whose orbits have been computed , and over two hundred of which little is known . 7. The Zodiacal Light . HOW WE ARE TO IMAGINE THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO OUR- SELVES . - We are to think of it as ...
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... meteors darting hither and thither , interweaving all in apparently inextri- cable confusion . To make the picture more wonder- ful still , every member is flying with an inconceiv- able velocity , and yet with such accuracy that the ...
... meteors darting hither and thither , interweaving all in apparently inextri- cable confusion . To make the picture more wonder- ful still , every member is flying with an inconceiv- able velocity , and yet with such accuracy that the ...
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... meteors revolving around the sun , and that these constantly rain down upon the surface of that luminary . Their motion being stopped and changed to heat , feeds this great central fire . Were Mercury to strike the sun in this way , it ...
... meteors revolving around the sun , and that these constantly rain down upon the surface of that luminary . Their motion being stopped and changed to heat , feeds this great central fire . Were Mercury to strike the sun in this way , it ...
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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