Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 95
described yb the Earth, but one of the foci, it results from this, that the Earth is nearer the Sun at one time than another. When these two bodies are nearest F 2 68 ASTRONOMY. together, we say the Earth is in perihelion.* Wlien theyare furthest apart, we say it is in aphelion.f Let us nowmake a… … 51 Fig. 7.—The Earths path round the Sua 168. Now refer back to Art. 106, in which we spoke ofthe position of the Suns axis. \Vc found that the Sun wasuul floating uprightly in our sea, the plane of the ecliptic; * Tfpi, at or near to; «Xior, ths Sunt iiro.froui, and / A.uc. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 6y il…
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