A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1853)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, F. J. Huntingdon [etc.] · leaf 122
eclipsed herself, except when she is in op-position to the sun, and it is full moon. 250. If the moons orbit lay exactly in the plane ofthe ecliptic, she would eclipse the sun at every change,and be eclipsed herself at every full; but as her orbitdeparts from the ecliptic over 5° (216), she may… … Shadow below the Earth. Below the Earths shadow. 1. Let the line joining the earth and the sun represent the plane of the ecliptic. Nowas the orbit of the moon departs from this plane about 5° 9, she may appear eitherabove or below the sun at new moon, as represented in the figure, and her shadow…
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