The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 150
ASTRONOMY. 131 126. Apparent Motion of an Inferior Planet. — When theplanet is at P, if it could be seen at all, it would appearin the heavens at A. As it moves from P to P, it willappear to move in the heavens from A to B. Then, as itmoves from P to P, it will appear to move back againfrom B to A.… … Fig. 146. it will appear to move back again from C to A. Thus theplanet will appear to oscillate to and fro across the sun fromB to C, never getting farther from the sun than B on thewest, or C on the east: hence, when at these points, it issaid to be at its greatest western and eastern…
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