Elements of astronomy ... with explanatory notes, and questions for examination (1855)
Brocklesby, John, 1811-1889 · New York, Farmer, Brace & co. · leaf 302
discovered? In what manner?Give mi account of the researches of Prof. Henderson and Mr. Maclear? What is theparallax of Alpha Centauri? How does it compare in amount with that of other fixedstars ? What inference is made from this fact? Having the parallax of a star, explainhow its distance from… … DISTANCE OF A FIXED STAR. (95,000,000 miles) : SA : multiplying the second andthird terms together and dividing by the first, we obtainthe value of SA, the distance of the earth from the star,1and find it to be nearly 19,600,000,000,000 miles, almosttwenty millions of millions of miles. 737. The…
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