Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds (1845)
Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857, Parker, E. S., former owner. DSI, David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI · Philadelphia : Published by Edward C. Biddle · leaf 146
m represents the intersection of the orbits of Ceres andPallas. (See Fig. XLVIII.) The central circle represents the sun ; the two next circles♦he orbits of the earth and Mars ; and the two outer circles,crossing each other, those of Ceres and Pallas. In conse-quence of this intersection of their… … C€ happen to strike against each other were they to meet at thepoints A and i?, where the orbits intersect, a very singularcontingence in the planetary system. It is owing to the verygreat eccentricity of the orbit of Pallas that it crosses theorbit of Ceres. It is several millions of miles nearer…
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