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... day , they prayed to the gods in their distress . Jupiter in pity trans- ferred them to the heavens . Auriga , the ... SIDEREAL SYSTEM .
... day , they prayed to the gods in their distress . Jupiter in pity trans- ferred them to the heavens . Auriga , the ... SIDEREAL SYSTEM .
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... day under the earth , and the next in the Elysian Fields . Not only did sailors thus think them to watch over navi ... SIDEREAL SYSTEM .
... day under the earth , and the next in the Elysian Fields . Not only did sailors thus think them to watch over navi ... SIDEREAL SYSTEM .
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... day life , in a whirlpool , a whirlwind , or even in water poured into a funnel , wherever matter seeks a centre , a ... SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS •
... day life , in a whirlpool , a whirlwind , or even in water poured into a funnel , wherever matter seeks a centre , a ... SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS •
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Joel Dorman Steele. Hence the solar day is about four minutes longer than the sidereal day . For the convenience of so- ciety , it is customary to call the solar day 24 hours long , and make the sidereal day only 23 hr . 56 min . 4 sec ...
Joel Dorman Steele. Hence the solar day is about four minutes longer than the sidereal day . For the convenience of so- ciety , it is customary to call the solar day 24 hours long , and make the sidereal day only 23 hr . 56 min . 4 sec ...
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Joel Dorman Steele. THE CIVIL DAY . - This is the mean solar day of which we ... sidereal year is the interval of a complete revolution of the earth about ... sidereal and tropical year . As the equinoxes retrograde along the ecliptic 50 ...
Joel Dorman Steele. THE CIVIL DAY . - This is the mean solar day of which we ... sidereal year is the interval of a complete revolution of the earth about ... sidereal and tropical year . As the equinoxes retrograde along the ecliptic 50 ...
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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