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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... perihelion , 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 ...
... perihelion , 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 ...
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... distance from the sun on the 10th of January , 1829 , and the following were its actual dimensions on the various ... perihelion . 1838 . October October 25 November 6 November 13 November 16 • • Distance from Sun. Diameter in Miles . 9 ...
... distance from the sun on the 10th of January , 1829 , and the following were its actual dimensions on the various ... perihelion . 1838 . October October 25 November 6 November 13 November 16 • • Distance from Sun. Diameter in Miles . 9 ...
27. oldal
... perihelion , where alone the comet is visible from the earth , no sensible difference is caused by the substitution of the latter curve ; and accord- ingly , as the calculation in the parabola is so much easier and shorter than in the ...
... perihelion , where alone the comet is visible from the earth , no sensible difference is caused by the substitution of the latter curve ; and accord- ingly , as the calculation in the parabola is so much easier and shorter than in the ...
29. oldal
... perihelion passage , or the moment when the comet arrives at its 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 ...
... perihelion passage , or the moment when the comet arrives at its 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 ...
30. oldal
... perihelion distance we can ascertain the length of the major - axis , and thence the periodic time . The quantity termed the excentricity in this case is not the linear distance of the centre of the ellipse from the focus , but the ...
... perihelion distance we can ascertain the length of the major - axis , and thence the periodic time . The quantity termed the excentricity in this case is not the linear distance of the centre of the ellipse from the focus , but the ...
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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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