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... ecliptic , so that this aberration is almost insensible and disregarded ; the greatest in Mercury being only about 4 " , and much less in the other planets . As to the aberra- tion in right ascension and declina- tion , it must depend ...
... ecliptic , so that this aberration is almost insensible and disregarded ; the greatest in Mercury being only about 4 " , and much less in the other planets . As to the aberra- tion in right ascension and declina- tion , it must depend ...
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... ecliptic , corresponding values of x and y , which a planet seems to pass over , by means of which the curve is when its motion is direct , or accord- constructed for any particular oc- casion . ing to the order of the signs . ARCH of ...
... ecliptic , corresponding values of x and y , which a planet seems to pass over , by means of which the curve is when its motion is direct , or accord- constructed for any particular oc- casion . ing to the order of the signs . ARCH of ...
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... ecliptic comprised between those two places . question , " how many ? " and has no allusion to the value of the said many , and no reference to things of any kind , but which admits of having the name and value of any kind of things ...
... ecliptic comprised between those two places . question , " how many ? " and has no allusion to the value of the said many , and no reference to things of any kind , but which admits of having the name and value of any kind of things ...
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... latitude of a planet when going towards the north pole . ASCENDING Node , is that point of a planet's orbit where it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward . ASCENSION , in Astronomy , is either light or oblique 53 ARIAS C.
... latitude of a planet when going towards the north pole . ASCENDING Node , is that point of a planet's orbit where it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward . ASCENSION , in Astronomy , is either light or oblique 53 ARIAS C.
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... ecliptic , So is the tangent of the sun's longitude To the tangent of the right ascension . If the obliquity of the ecliptic , and the sun's declination were given , the proportion for the right ascension would be : As radius Is to the ...
... ecliptic , So is the tangent of the sun's longitude To the tangent of the right ascension . If the obliquity of the ecliptic , and the sun's declination were given , the proportion for the right ascension would be : As radius Is to the ...
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