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 54
eriods of distant planets ? How explained ? Illustrate bydiagram.) 50 ASTRONOMY. through only -g^th part of his orbit, or about 4^° to the point C; and in 4£ days theearth overtakes him on the line D. It is on this account that the synodic period ofUranus is only 367£ days, or 4£ days longer than… … 1. In the above cut, an attempt is made to represent the ecliptic, or plane of theearths orbit. It is an oblique view, which makes the orbit appear elliptical. It showsone-half of the sun and half the earth on one side, and half on the other. The circleprojecting beyond the orbit is to represent…
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