Star-land; being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens (1899)
Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir, 1840- [from old catalog] · Boston and London, Ginn & company · leaf 180
tance THE ELLIPSE. 167 of the planet from the earth at opposition varies sogreatly that some oppositions are more favorable thanothers. The time has come when I must tell you somethingabout the shapes of the paths in which the earth andthe other planets perform their great journeys roundthe sun.… … Fig. 54. — How to draw an Ellipse. is not correct. The fact is that the paths are nearlycircles ; but, still, there is some departure from theexact circular shape. Mars, in particular, moves in apath which is more different from a circle than the pathof the earth, and consequently it is appropriate…
Astronomy
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