Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 141
e sun. Its excentricity is about 136 ASTRONOMY. ■g1^ that is, the distance of the sun from the centre of theorbit is about one-sixtieth of the semi-transverse axis. Theheliocen trie longitude of the perihelion point at the presenttime is not far from 100° 54; hence, the geocentric longi-tude of the… … Fig.Orbit. Diagram showing the Earths Actual Orbit and the Suns Apparent Explanation. Diagram (A) represents the real orbit of the earth: S is the sunat one focus; C is the centre ; SC is the excentricity, CE being equal to 1, and SC to.01677; E is the perihelion point; V shows the direction of the…
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