The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 6. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1878 |
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Page 182
... comet may be determined from three observations , assuming the comet to move in a parabola , an hypothesis upon which the apparent paths of the great majority of these bodies may be closely represented , appending thereto a fully worked ...
... comet may be determined from three observations , assuming the comet to move in a parabola , an hypothesis upon which the apparent paths of the great majority of these bodies may be closely represented , appending thereto a fully worked ...
Page 183
... comet's true anomaly . We suppose that the observations furnish three complete sitions of the comet referred as usual to the equator , or pressed in right ascension and declination , with the an times of observation at the respective ...
... comet's true anomaly . We suppose that the observations furnish three complete sitions of the comet referred as usual to the equator , or pressed in right ascension and declination , with the an times of observation at the respective ...
Page 184
... Comet's Right Ascension . H. M. 9 . 16 0 24.52 16 11 5.82 16 24 58-97- Comet's Declination . · +36 38 40 +45 37 +55 34 E Converting the right ascensions into arc , and the tines into decimals of a day , after subtracting 21m 35 ° from ...
... Comet's Right Ascension . H. M. 9 . 16 0 24.52 16 11 5.82 16 24 58-97- Comet's Declination . · +36 38 40 +45 37 +55 34 E Converting the right ascensions into arc , and the tines into decimals of a day , after subtracting 21m 35 ° from ...
Page 185
... we have p = 0 · 72776 , for a third approxi- mation , giving the error in interval = + 0d - 0222 , so that we are now approaching the true value , and with VI . - 24 p = 0 · 7269562 , obtained from the errors COMET 185.
... we have p = 0 · 72776 , for a third approxi- mation , giving the error in interval = + 0d - 0222 , so that we are now approaching the true value , and with VI . - 24 p = 0 · 7269562 , obtained from the errors COMET 185.
Page 186
... comet at the first and third observations are found as follows : - -Log . ( r ' . cos . X ' ) .... + 97113795 Log . sin . ( e " - A ) -Log . ( ? " . cos . x ′′ ) ......... + 9 · 9432463 Log . ( r ' . sin . λ ' ) .. +0.0248453 Log . ( p ...
... comet at the first and third observations are found as follows : - -Log . ( r ' . cos . X ' ) .... + 97113795 Log . sin . ( e " - A ) -Log . ( ? " . cos . x ′′ ) ......... + 9 · 9432463 Log . ( r ' . sin . λ ' ) .. +0.0248453 Log . ( p ...
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