| John Rowning - Astronomy - 1745 - 476 pages
...Reafon why thefe Eclipfes do not happen at every New and Full Moon, is, becaufe, as was obferved above, the Plane of the Moon's Orbit is inclined to that of the Earth's, fo that the Moon is fometimes above the Ecliptic, and fometimes below it, at the Time of its Conjunction... | |
| George Atwood - Physics - 1784 - 284 pages
...and New Moon, if the plane of the Moon's orbit were coincident with the plane of the ecliptic. VIII. The plane of the Moon's orbit is inclined to that of the ecliptic, .at . an an* gle of about 5°. . . •/ .. » •: . .'. , , ,< Thfl line in which fyiete... | |
| Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1802 - 590 pages
...earth in her quarters, would be to her distance in the conjunctions and oppositions, as 70 to 69. 4^3. The plane of the moon's orbit is inclined to that of the ecliptic, making with it an angle of about five degrees; but this inclination varies, being greatest... | |
| Thomas Hogg - 1806 - 130 pages
...plane of the ecliptic, lunar eclipses only happen when the moon is in, or near, the ecliptic. 107. The plane of the moon's orbit is inclined to that of the earth ; consequently, when in conjunction or opposition, the moon is sometime? above, and sometimes... | |
| Charles Hutton - Astronomy - 1815 - 686 pages
...and that tlic mass, or quantity of matter, in the moon, is to that of the earth, as 1 to 26 nearly. The plane of the moon's orbit is inclined to that of the ecliptic, and makes with it an angle of about 5 degrees: but this inclination varies, being greatest... | |
| Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 696 pages
...the moon. These phenomena do not, however, occur at every new and full moon ; and the reason is, that the plane of the moon's orbit is inclined to that of the ecliptic, and that these two planes' meet one another only in their line of common section, which passes... | |
| Conrad Malte-Brun - Atlases - 1827 - 564 pages
...the moon. These phenomena do not, however, occur at every new and full moon ; and the reason is, that the plane of the moon's orbit is inclined to that of the ecliptic, and that these two planes meet one another only in their line of common section, which passes... | |
| Conrad Malte-Brun - Atlases - 1829 - 552 pages
...the moon. These phenomena do not, however, occur at every new and full moon; and the reason is, that the plane of the moon's orbit is inclined to that of the ecliptic, and that these two planes meet one another only in their line of common section, which passes... | |
| System - 1842 - 894 pages
...the moon. These phenonema do not, however, occur at every new and full moon ; and the reason is, that the plane of the moon's orbit is inclined to that of the ecliptic, and that these two planes meet one another only in their line of common section, which passes... | |
| James Laurie - Geography - 1842 - 1098 pages
...the moon. These phenonema do not, however, occur at every new and full moon ; and the reason is, that the plane of the moon's orbit is inclined to that of the ecb'ptic, and that these two planes meet one another only in their line of common section, which passes... | |
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