Elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1901)
White, Charles J · New York: J. Wiley & sons · leaf 167
planets. [See Note L,page 270.] 185. In Fig. 65 let S represent the sun, pp>pp<»> the orbitF an inferior planet, the plane of which is supposed to coincide with the pjane of the ecliptic, ABLE the orbit of the earth, andthe circle KGH the intersection of the plane of the ecliptic withthe… … S> c B DIRECT AND RETROGRADE MOTION. 159 longitude as the sun, and is in conjunction with it. The positionat P is called the inferior conjunction, and that at P the superiorconjunction. The greatest angular distance of the planet from the sun willevidently occur when the line connecting the…
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