A text-book of general astronomy : for colleges and scientific schools (1888)
Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908 · Boston ; London : Ginn & Company · leaf 274
it will move precisely as if its mass hadbeen added to that of the larger body, while itself had become a mereparticle. This relative orbit will in all respects be like the actual onearound the centre of gravity, only magnified in the proportion ofM + m to M; i.e., if m is ^ of M, the actual orbit… … Fig. 142. — Elliptical Orbit determined by Projection. and is attracted by S, supposed to be at rest. P will thenceforwardmove in a conic, either in an ellipse or hyperbola, according toits velocity, as we shall see in a moment. S being at one focus ofthe curve, the other focus will be somewhere on…
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