The call of the stars; a popular introduction to a knowledge of the starry skies with their romance and legend (1919)
Kippax, John R. (John Robert), 1849-1922 · New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 305
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.(DeUsles 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…
Stars · Constellations · Planets
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