Popular astronomy : a concise elementary treatise on the sun, planets, satellites and comets (1865)
Mitchel, O. M. (Ormsby MacKnight), 1809-1862 · New York : Oakley & Mason · leaf 163
es thedisappearance of the satellite at the moment its light isextinguished. It is manifest that the motion of Jupiterin his orbit will change thp position of the axis of theshadow, and as the satellite revolves in the same direc-tion in which the shadow advances, it is clear that thetime from one… … JUPITEK. 147 S 13 the suns place, E, the earth, J, Jupiter in opposi-tion, M, the satellite in eclipse. At the end of oneexact revolution of the satellite, Jupiter has reached J\the satellite is at M, but the axis of shadow is now J M.and the center of the eclipse will not occur until thesatellite…
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