Berry, Arthur,b. 1862 · London, J. Murray · leaf 162
rds the observers right, andtherefore Mercury appears to be moving towards the left, 5 Stationary Points 119 or from west to east. Hence between M, and m its motionhas changed from direct to retrograde, and therefore atsome intermediate point, say ;;/, (about Aug. 23 in fig. 7),Mercury appears for… … Fig. 47.—The stationary points of Mercury. is nearly the same. When in opposition at j (as onMar. 26 in fig. 6), Jupiter moves more slowly than theearth, and in the same direction, and therefore appears tobe moving in the opposite direction to the earth, i.e. as seenfrom e (fig. 48), from left to…
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