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... miles in thickness . It is certain , then , that gravity meets a counteracting influence , which is inexplicable except as the result of electrical repulsion . The various gradations of intensity of this counteracting force in the stars ...
... miles in thickness . It is certain , then , that gravity meets a counteracting influence , which is inexplicable except as the result of electrical repulsion . The various gradations of intensity of this counteracting force in the stars ...
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... miles in extent , are on such occasions made manifest . An approach towards a nebulous condition is thus plainly hinted at . In the extreme members of the class , accordingly , the solar analogy is weakened to the verge of abolition ...
... miles in extent , are on such occasions made manifest . An approach towards a nebulous condition is thus plainly hinted at . In the extreme members of the class , accordingly , the solar analogy is weakened to the verge of abolition ...
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... miles a second ) at the rate of 26 English miles per second ; after each minimum , to be approaching with an equal speed ; while at intermediate times the im- printed lines , by resuming their normal positions in the spectrum , showed ...
... miles a second ) at the rate of 26 English miles per second ; after each minimum , to be approaching with an equal speed ; while at intermediate times the im- printed lines , by resuming their normal positions in the spectrum , showed ...
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... miles 830,300 3,230,000 19 26.3 miles per sec . satellite . 55.4 99 solar mass " " In the accompanying diagram C marks the centre of gravity round which both stars revolve with velocities in- versely proportional to their masses . Thus ...
... miles 830,300 3,230,000 19 26.3 miles per sec . satellite . 55.4 99 solar mass " " In the accompanying diagram C marks the centre of gravity round which both stars revolve with velocities in- versely proportional to their masses . Thus ...
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... miles to an actual span of ( in round numbers ) one thousand million miles so that these lustrous objects are sometimes as close together as Jupiter is to the sun , and never as far off as Uranus . Their mass ( computed from Doberck's ...
... miles to an actual span of ( in round numbers ) one thousand million miles so that these lustrous objects are sometimes as close together as Jupiter is to the sun , and never as far off as Uranus . Their mass ( computed from Doberck's ...
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61 Cygni 70 Ophiuchi absorption Aldebaran Algol Andromeda Andromeda nebula appear Arcturus Argûs Astr astronomy atmospheric bands Betelgeux blue bodies bright lines brilliant Cassiopeia Catalogue centre century cluster colour comets condensation Cygni dark detected distance double stars effect extent faint galactic Harvard heavens heliometer hence Huggins hydrogen hydrogen lines Ibid interval less light Lockyer luminous lustre Lyræ magnitude star mass maximum measured ment miles Milky Mira Monthly Notices movements nearly nebula ninth magnitude objects observations Observatory Ophiuchus orbit Orion Orion nebula pair parallax peculiarities period Phil photographic photosphere planetary plates Pleiades present Professor proper motion rays red stars refractor remarkable remote satellite Schjellerup seems sidereal Sir John Herschel Sirian Sirius sixth magnitude small stars solar southern space spectra spectroscopic spectrum stellar Struve sun's telescope tion Trans variable stars velocity visible visual Vogel yellow
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