The visible universe; chapters on the origin and construction of the heavens (1892)
Gore, J. Ellard (John Ellard), 1845-1910 · London, C. Lockwood and son · leaf 270
ts.2 The whole of the stellar motions cannot, however, beexplained by the Suns motion. Most of the so-called fixed stars have doubtless, like the Sun, motions oftheir own in different directions through space. The ob-served proper motion is in many cases real and notmerely apparent. For instance,… … « $ MOTION IN THE LINE OF SIGHT. 195 be explained solely by the Suns motion, and there are manysomewhat similar cases. Professor Newcomb finds for the Pleiades cluster aproper motion of 58 per century. If we assume that thisapparent motion is wholly due to the Suns real motionthrough space at the…
Stars · Nebular hypothesis
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