The geography of the heavens, and class-book of astronomy: accompanied by a celestial atlas (1873)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, ed, Whitall, Henry, 1819-1887? Celestial planisphere · New York, Sheldon & company · leaf 192
en it and theSun. The other planets are denominated Exterior, because theirorbits are without or beyond the orbit of the Earth. (Map I.)As the orbits of Mercury and Venus lie within the Earths orbit,it is plain, that once in every synodical revolution, each of theseplanets will be in conjunction on… … 8 ..- 9 MARS IN OPPOSITION Let the student imagine him-self stationed upon the earth inthe cut. Then the sun and threeplanets above are in conjunc-tion. The inferior and supe-rior are distinguished; while atA, a planet is shown in quadra-ture, and at the bottom of thecut the planet Mars in…
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