Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy, founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1899)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911. Celestial motions · Boston, Little, Brown and company · leaf 83
its position withrespect to the planeof the ecliptic. Ifthat position be in theplane of the Earths orbit, the star will, in conse-quence, appear to change its place in a straight lineonly; if it be nearly in the pole of the ecliptic, thestar will appear to describe a circle round its trueplace;… … JAMES BRADLEY (1692-1762) sight. This is called planetary aberration. A similar but verysmall effect obtains for the Moon, amounting to about o.5,the linear value of which, at the distance of our satellite, is2,650 feet; that is to say, while light is travelling from theMoon to the Earth (nearly…
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