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 146
point where it touches. When the apex falls short ofthe surface, there will be no total eclipse; but at the point inwhich the axis of the cone, prolonged, meets the earth, the sOl.: u ECLIPS 141 observer will see what is called an annular eclipse, the moonbeing projected upon the disc of the sun,… … G Fig. 60. and GD, drawn tangent to the sun and the earth: that is, unlessthe moons geocentric latitude is less than the angle MES.Xow we have, MES = MEA + AEB -f BES,and, also, AEB = CAE — CBE. BES is the suns semi-diameter, MEA that of the moon, CAE the moons horizontal parallax, and CBE the…
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