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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1. oldal
... moving in orbits of great eccentricity , and visible to us only about the time of their nearest approach to the sun , or , as it is termed by astronomers , the time of perihelion passage . Unlike the planets , they move in every ...
... moving in orbits of great eccentricity , and visible to us only about the time of their nearest approach to the sun , or , as it is termed by astronomers , the time of perihelion passage . Unlike the planets , they move in every ...
6. oldal
... moving in the plane of the ecliptic , and at a distance from us not exceeding that of the moon . If a comet be moving in the same di- rection as the earth , the distance of the two bodies being small , its apparent position may scarcely ...
... moving in the plane of the ecliptic , and at a distance from us not exceeding that of the moon . If a comet be moving in the same di- rection as the earth , the distance of the two bodies being small , its apparent position may scarcely ...
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... partly dispersed in the surrounding space . In the case of bodies like comets , moving through the planetary spaces in every direction , it cannot C be denied that there is a possibility of the Earth's PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION . 25.
... partly dispersed in the surrounding space . In the case of bodies like comets , moving through the planetary spaces in every direction , it cannot C be denied that there is a possibility of the Earth's PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION . 25.
88. oldal
... moving in an ellipse of moderate length of revolution . Burck- hardt made the periodic time a little over five years ( 5.025 years ) . III . A comet discovered by Mr. Pigott , at York , on the 19th of November , 1783 , has had ...
... moving in an ellipse of moderate length of revolution . Burck- hardt made the periodic time a little over five years ( 5.025 years ) . III . A comet discovered by Mr. Pigott , at York , on the 19th of November , 1783 , has had ...
91. oldal
... moving when visible from the earth in the summer of 1770 , might have been the result of Jupi- ter's powerful attraction . Another re - appearance of the comet , on the suppo- sition of a periodic revolution of five years and seven ...
... moving when visible from the earth in the summer of 1770 , might have been the result of Jupi- ter's powerful attraction . Another re - appearance of the comet , on the suppo- sition of a periodic revolution of five years and seven ...
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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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