 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1809 - 574 pages
...as perhaps all the other satellites, constantly present the same face towards their primaries. That the inclination of the axis of rotation to the plane of the orbit is different in different planets ; and that thus they experience a difference in their diversity... | |
 | John Brocklesby - Astronomy - 1855 - 394 pages
...ascertained ? What is the period of rotation as determined hy Herschel ? Is it exactly correct ? What is the inclination of the axis of rotation to the plane of the planet's orbit ? What is said of the seasons of this planet ? it consisted of a large globe with a smaller one on... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - Astronomy - 1858 - 790 pages
...earth, in seconds ; > the ellipticity of the spheroid, as a fraction of the equatorial diameter; 7 the inclination of the axis of rotation to the plane of the ecliptic ; H the mean intensity of light and heat received from the sun, that received by the earth... | |
 | Amédée Guillemin - Astronomy - 1867 - 588 pages
...at the end of the last century, waa able, however, to observe some dark bands on its disk (fig. 30), which he considered as an equatorial zone ; it was...he deduced the inclination of the axis of rotation. Besides this, during the crescent phases many observers (Schroter, Beer and Miidler) have seen indentations... | |
 | Amédée Guillemin - Astronomy - 1871 - 462 pages
...exceeds one of our days by 39 minutes 35 seconds. The difference is not very perceptible. Besides, the inclination of the axis of rotation to the plane of the ecliptic is nearly the same as that of the axis of the Earth.f It follows that in the course of a year... | |
 | Amédée Guillemin - Astronomy - 1871 - 464 pages
...exceeds one of our days by 3'J minutes 35 seconds. The difference is not very perceptible. Besides, the inclination of the axis of rotation to the plane of the ecliptic is nearly the same as that of the axis of the Earth.j" It follows that in the course of a... | |
 | Amédée Guillemin - Astronomy - 1872 - 460 pages
...the end of the la.<t century, was able, however, to observe some dark bands on its disk (fig. oO), which he considered as an equatorial zone ; it was...he deduced the inclination of the axis of rotation. Besides this, during the crescent phases many observers (SchrOter, Beer and Madler) have seen indentations... | |
 | Joseph W. Spoor - Astronomy - 1874 - 158 pages
...at the end of the last century, was able, however, to observe some dark bands on its disc (fig. 14), which he considered as an equatorial zone ; it was...he deduced the inclination of the axis of rotation. Besides this, during the crescent phases, many observers (Schroeter, Beer and Madler) have seen indentations... | |
 | Amédée Victor Guillemin - 1876 - 488 pages
...at the end of the last century, was able, however, to observe some dark bands on its disk (fig. SO), which he considered as an equatorial zone ; it was...he deduced the inclination of the axis of rotation. Besides this, during the crescent phases many observers (Schriiter, Beer and Madler) have seen indentations... | |
 | Amédée Guillemin - Astronomy - 1878 - 456 pages
...Schroter.at the end of the last century, was able, however, to observe some dark bands on its disk (fig. 30), which he considered as an equatorial zone; it was...bands that he deduced the inclination of the axis If this be so, we can lorm an iaea of the modifications which a somewhat dense atmosphere would induce... | |
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SO), which he considered as an equatorial zone ; it was from the direction of these bands that he deduced the inclination of the axis of rotation. Besides this, during the crescent phases many observers... 
