Elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1901)
White, Charles J · New York: J. Wiley & sons · leaf 92
the ecliptic, we shall have, at the time of a transit, whenVenus is at V, VE = .28 SE. Hence at the time of a transit the distance of Venus from thesun is to that of Venus from the earth as about 72 to 28.* * If we know the periodic time of Venus and that of the earth, the ratioof the distances of… … 86 DISTANCE OF THE SUM. 93. Transit of Venus.—In Fig. 36, let 8 denote the centre ofthe sun, and CADN its disc: let V be Venus, and E the centre
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