The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1901)
White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; · leaf 108
alled the Equa-tion of the Centre. It is evidently additive to the mean longi-tude of the sun while it is moving from A to B, and subtractivefrom it while it is moving from B to A. Its greatest value isabout 8 minutes of time. Since the rotation of the earth gives to both these bodies acommon daily… … EQUATION OF TIME. 103 108. Obliquity of the Ecliptic to the Meridian.—Even if thesuns motion in the ecliptic were uniform, equal advances of thesun in longitude would not be accompanied by equal advancesin right ascension, in consequence of the obliquity of theecliptic to the meridian. The truth of…
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