Elements of astronomy: accompanied with numerous illustrations, a colored representation of the solar, stellar, and nebular spectra, and celestial charts of the northern and the southern hemisphere (1875)
Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 212
nction. But, as theorbits of the planets do not lie in the plane of the ecliptic,there may be inferior conjunctions without any transit.Venus may be seen from the Earth in the same quarter asthe Sun, and yet lie out of the plane which contains thecentres of the Sun and the Earth. 372.… … Fig. 79.—Conjunction—Opposition-Quadrature. When, in opposition? When, in quadrature? By what signs are these aspectsdenoted? Illustrate these positions with Fig. 79. 371. What is a Transit?When alone can a transit take place ? May there be inferior conjunctions with-out any transit ? 372. What…
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