A text-book of general astronomy : for colleges and scientific schools (1888)
Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908 · Boston ; London : Ginn & Company · leaf 311
planet. Jupiter, for instance, appears to move as in Fig. 161,making eleven loops in each revolution, the smaller circle having adiameter of about one-fifth that of the larger one, upon which itscentre moves, since the diameter of Jupiters orbit is about five timesthat of the earths. 494. Direct… … OppositionFm. 162. — Planetary Configurations and Aspects. has been described. Starting from the time when the sun is betweenus and the planet, — the time of superior conjunction,1 as it is called,because the planet is then above the sun, i.e., further from the earth, 1 We give Fig. 162 to…
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