Kippax, John Robert, 1849- [from old catalog] · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 309
Call of the Stars until June 8, 2004. At the moment of transit, Venus isonly some 26,000,000 miles from the earth, and itsparallactic displacement is over two and a half timesthat of the sun. Illustrating Delisles method after the manner ofYoung, Serviss, and others, let E in Fig. 3 representthe… … Fig. 3. The Measurement of the Suns Distance.(Dehsles method.) at which Venus (then at V*) appears to touch the sunsedge, while the observer at B notes the instant whenthe planet is at V^ From the time occupied in passingfrom V^ to V, and the known synodic period of theplanet (584 days), the size…
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