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... to be that of doubling the lower apsis : but the higher apsis number of figures in the assumed is more commonly called the so on . aphelion , and the lower apsis the perihelion ; or 49 E APP - A PS in general, is by the following for- ...
... to be that of doubling the lower apsis : but the higher apsis number of figures in the assumed is more commonly called the so on . aphelion , and the lower apsis the perihelion ; or 49 E APP - A PS in general, is by the following for- ...
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James Mitchell. aphelion , and the lower apsis the perihelion ; or , according to the ancient astronomy , the apogee and perigee . The diameter which joins these two points is called the line of the apsides , and is supposed to pass ...
James Mitchell. aphelion , and the lower apsis the perihelion ; or , according to the ancient astronomy , the apogee and perigee . The diameter which joins these two points is called the line of the apsides , and is supposed to pass ...
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... perihelion dis- jectured , that some of the solar eclipses recorded in history , that cannot be verified by calculation from tables of the sun and moon , have been occasioned by the in- terposition of comets between the sun and the ...
... perihelion dis- jectured , that some of the solar eclipses recorded in history , that cannot be verified by calculation from tables of the sun and moon , have been occasioned by the in- terposition of comets between the sun and the ...
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... perihelion dis - and is , therefore , found by sub- tance , and the places of the peri - tracting the same longitude from helion and node the same . Thus , the heliocentric longitude of the knowing the periodic time , we get planet ...
... perihelion dis - and is , therefore , found by sub- tance , and the places of the peri - tracting the same longitude from helion and node the same . Thus , the heliocentric longitude of the knowing the periodic time , we get planet ...
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... Perihelion DISTANCE of the Pla- nets , is when they are at their least distance from the sun . Mean DISTANCE of the Planets , is a niean between their aphelion and perihelion distances . Proportional DISTANCES of the Planets , are the ...
... Perihelion DISTANCE of the Pla- nets , is when they are at their least distance from the sun . Mean DISTANCE of the Planets , is a niean between their aphelion and perihelion distances . Proportional DISTANCES of the Planets , are the ...
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