Star-land : being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens (1891)
Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913 · London ; Paris : Cassell & Co. · leaf 170
w the apparentplaces of the tree and the house have altered. It is herchange of place that has accomplished the transformation.Observe also that the tree appeared to her to move in theopposite direction to that in which she is going. Mars generally appears to move round among the starsfrom west to… … Fig. 52.—A Specimen of the Track of Mars. opposite direction. This apparent motion is sometimes somuch in excess of Mars real motion, that it may give usan entirely incorrect idea of what he is actually doing. Thus, notwithstanding that Mars is moving one way, hemay appear to us who dwell on the…
Astronomy
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