 | Mary Somerville - Celestial mechanics - 1831 - 778 pages
...of Venus, and 235 periods of the earth are nearly equal to 382 of Venus ; hence a transit of Venus may happen at the same node after an interval of eight years, but if it does not happen, it cannot take place again at the same node for 235 years. At present, the heliocentric longitude of... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Celestial mechanics - 1831 - 720 pages
...of Venus, and 235 periods of the earth are nearly equal to 382 of Venus ; hence a transit of Venus may happen at the same node after an interval of eight years, but if it does not happen, it cannot take place again at the same node for 235 years. At present, the heliocentric longitude of... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1838 - 350 pages
...Venus. Hence a transit of Venus may happen at the same node, after an interval of 8 years ; but if it do not happen then, it cannot take place again, at the same node, in less than 235 years. The orbit of Venus crosses the ecliptic near the middle of Gemini and Sagittarius;... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1847 - 344 pages
...Venus. Hence a transit of Venus may happen at, the same node, after an interval of 8 years; but if it do not happen then, it cannot take place again, at the same node, in less than 235 years. The orbit of Venus crosses the ecliptic near the middle of Gemini ami Sagittarius;... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1856 - 362 pages
...Venus. Hence a transit of Venus may happen at the same node, after an interval of 8 years, but if it do not happen then, it cannot take place again at the same node, in less than 235 years. The orbit of Venus crosses the ecliptic near the middle of Gemini and Sagittarius... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Constellations - 1860 - 360 pages
...that Hence a transit of Venus may happen at the same node, after an interval of 8 years; but if it do not happen then, it cannot take place again at the same node, in lead than 23.1 years. The orbit of Venus crosses the ecliptic near the middle of Gemini and Sagittarius... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1874 - 374 pages
...that Hence a transit of Venus may happen at the same node, after an interval of 8 years, but if it do not happen then, it cannot take place again at the same node, in less than 285 years. The orbit of Venus crosses the ecliptic near the middle of Gemini and Sagittarius;... | |
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may happen at the same node after an interval of eight years, but if it does not happen then, it cannot take place again at the same node 