Electro astronomical atlas ... with explanatory notes, questions and answers (1874)
Spoor, J. W. (Joseph W.) · Albany, N.Y., Weed, Parsons and Company · leaf 98
ts distance, therefore, is morevariable, and while at Perihelion it reaches 472,-000,000 miles, at its greatest distance it is not lessthan 520,000,000 miles from the Sun, hence thedifference being 48,000,000 miles. Jupiter, therefore, as seen from the Sun, pre-sents an apparent diameter sometimes… … JTTPITKKS MEAN AND EXTREME DISTANCES FROM THE EARTH. of size which the disc of Jupiter, at the time ofits mean and extreme distances from the Earth,presents to us. The reason of this difference between the appa-rent diameters of the disc is easily explained.The orbit of Jupiter, like that of Mars,…
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