The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1872)
White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger · leaf 134
od istherefore greater than the sidereal period by the time requiredby the moon to pass through the angle MEM. This angle isevidently equal to the angle ESEf, which is the angular advanceof the earth in its orbit in the period of one synodical revo^lution of the moon. In one lunar month, then, the… … SIDEREAL AND SYNODICAL PERIODS. 129 8, and the earths sidereal period, or one sidereal year, by T, weshall have, —— = the earths daily angular velocity, 360° —-p— = the moons daily angular velocity, 360° —— = the moons daily angular gain on the earth. Hence we shall have, 360° 360° 360°. P = TST…
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