| John Bonnycastle - Astronomy - 1816 - 490 pages
...of or belonging to the stars or planets. SIDEREAL YEAR, is that space of time which the sun takesiu moving through the ecliptic, from any fixed star to the same star again. SIGNS, the twelve constellations of the zodiac, Aries <V, Taurus y, Gemini n, Cancer ss, Leo SI, Virgo... | |
| Thomas Arnold - Marine insurance - 1822 - 1008 pages
...equinoctial, &c. Sidereal, of or belonging to the stars or planets. Sidereal Tear, is that space of time which the sun takes in moving through the ecliptic, from any fixed star to the same star again Solstitial Points, are the two points of the zodiac, Cancer and Capricorn, at which the ecliptic touches... | |
| George Coleman (F.R.A.S.) - 1846 - 488 pages
...planets in the same manner as those primaries revolve round the sun. SIDEREAL YEAR, is that space of time which the sun takes in moving through the ecliptic, from any fixed star to the same star again. SIGNS of the Zodiac, are Aries т, Taurus в, Gemini n, Cancer 20, Leo ß, Virgos, Librae, Scorpion,... | |
| John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1847 - 266 pages
...part of a circle, the minute the 100th part of a degree, and the second the 100th part of a minute. * The Sidereal year of the earth, or that time which...min. 10 sec. This contains an excess of 20 min. 20 sec. above the Tropical year, occasioned by the Precession of the Equinoxes, a slow retrograde motion... | |
| Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1851 - 674 pages
...is counted through 24 hours, until the same point is again there. A sidereal year is that space of time which the sun takes in moving through the ecliptic, from any fixed star to the same fixed star again. The sidereal time at mean noon, is the right ascension of the meridian at the instant... | |
| Erasmus Thompson - Merchant marine - 1868 - 116 pages
...45° distant from each other. SIDERAL, belonging to the stars or planets. SIDERAL YEAR is the time the sun takes in moving through the ecliptic, from any fixed star to the same star again. TRANSIT is the passing of one celestial body before another, so as to render any part of it invisible.... | |
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