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 217
ar. From Aprilto June the planets north latitude is increasing, whilethe node and stationary-point—which in this case coin-cide, though they do not always do so—are reached aboutthe 25th of June. The southern latitude rapidly increases,until, on the 9th of August, the other stationary-point… … Fig. 82.—The Orbits of Maes and the Earth. 378. What does Fig. 81 represent? Describe the path of Venus, as thus ex- OBBITS OF THE EAETH AND MAES. 211 and the inclination of its own orbit. If we examineinto the position of the orbit of Mars, for instance, moreclosely than we have hitherto done, we…
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