The Comets: A Descriptive Treatise Upon Those Bodies. With a Condensed Account of the Numerous Modern Discoveries Respecting Them; and a Table of All the Calculated Comets, from the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeJ.N. Parker and son, 1852 - 184 oldal |
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... least distance from the sun on the 10th of January , 1829 , and the following were its actual dimensions on the various dates of observa- tion during its descent towards the sun : — 1828 . October 28 November 7 November 30 Diameter in ...
... least distance from the sun on the 10th of January , 1829 , and the following were its actual dimensions on the various dates of observa- tion during its descent towards the sun : — 1828 . October 28 November 7 November 30 Diameter in ...
23. oldal
... least perceptible diminution of the star's brightness took place . There are one or two instances on record , where astronomers have been convinced of a sensible increase of brilliancy when a star has been viewed through the cometic ...
... least perceptible diminution of the star's brightness took place . There are one or two instances on record , where astronomers have been convinced of a sensible increase of brilliancy when a star has been viewed through the cometic ...
29. oldal
... least distance from the sun , at the vertex of the parabola . English calculators adopt the meridian of Greenwich , the French that of Paris , and the Germans that of Berlin , in expressing the epoch of arrival at perihelion . 2. The ...
... least distance from the sun , at the vertex of the parabola . English calculators adopt the meridian of Greenwich , the French that of Paris , and the Germans that of Berlin , in expressing the epoch of arrival at perihelion . 2. The ...
31. oldal
... least , being only 0.005678 . = The paths of the comets through the Solar System are usually influenced in a very sensible degree by the attractions of the planets , and especially of Jupiter , which from its great mass has on more than ...
... least , being only 0.005678 . = The paths of the comets through the Solar System are usually influenced in a very sensible degree by the attractions of the planets , and especially of Jupiter , which from its great mass has on more than ...
33. oldal
... least one comet has been established , and we have strong reasons to suspect it in other cases . In the following chapter we shall briefly describe the circumstances which led our countryman Halley to the first discovery of the ...
... least one comet has been established , and we have strong reasons to suspect it in other cases . In the following chapter we shall briefly describe the circumstances which led our countryman Halley to the first discovery of the ...
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The Comets - A Descriptive Treatise Upon Those Bodies, with a Condensed ... John Russell Hind Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2011 |
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amongst the stars Aphelion appearance April arrival at perihelion astronomers August Author axis Berlin Biela bodies Bouvard bright Brorsen Burckhardt calculated Cambridge century Chinese observations Clausen Collegio Romano comet discovered comet observed Comet of Encke comet of Halley comet was observed computed constellation D'Arrest December detected diameter Discovered by Pons earth elements epoch exhibited February Gambart grand comet Greenwich Mean Halley's comet heavens Herschel Hevelius Hind History identity Isle of Bourbon January John Herschel July June Jupiter Königsberg Laugier length Lexell March Marseilles Mechain miles month motion naked eye nebulosity November nucleus numbers observatory observed in Europe Octavo October Olbers Ophiuchus parabolic Paris path perihelion distance perihelion passage period of revolution periodical comet perturbations Peter Apian Pingré planetary probable Professor Encke remarkable comet right ascension Rome Rümker Second Edition Sept September Struve sun's tail tions Tycho Brahe Ursa Major Verrier Vico
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