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 296
ution was then possible until the perturbationsshould reach their maximum value, which occurred in1822, when the planets were in conjunction, and subse-quent to which period the planet Uranus would slowlyreturn to its computed orbit as it receded further and NE PTUNB. 277 still further from the… … to conjunction in 1822, Uranus would be slowly over-taking Neptune, during which time the direction of thedisturbing force would be such as to accelerate the orbitalmotion of Uranus, and to increase its distance from thesun. The acceleration would cease at conjunction, andwould there be changed…
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