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 130
own dark shadowsupon his disk. They may be seen like dark round spotstraversing it from side to side, causing, whenever thatshadow falls, an eclipse of the sun. Altogether, aboutforty of these eclipses occur in the system of Jupiterevery month. 268. The immersions and emersions of Jupiters… … 1. The above is a perpendicular view of the orbits of Jupiters satellites. His broadshadow is projected in a direction opposite the sun. At C, the second satellite is suffer-ing an immersion, and will soon be totally eclipsed: while at D, the first is in the act ofemersion, and will soon appear…
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