 | William Thackwray - 1810 - 160 sider
...planet is the imaginary path it describes round the sun. The earth's orbit is the ecliptic. Nodes are two opposite points where the orbit of a planet seems to intersect the ecliptic. The ascending or north node is thus marked, Q ; the descending or southern, S . 48 PRACTICAL PROBLEMS.... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1811 - 388 sider
...of a planet is the imaginary path it describes round the sun. The earth's orbit is the ecliptic. 98. NODES are the two opposite points where the orbit...the planet appears to ascend from the south to the nor rh side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending or north node, and is marked thus Si ; and the... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1812 - 218 sider
...imaginary path which it describes round the sun. The earth's orbit is represented by the ecliptic. 211. Nodes are the two opposite points, where the orbit of a planet seems to intersect the ecliptic. The node in which the planet appears to ascend from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, is... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 sider
...opposite points where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic. That where -the planet ascends from the south to the north side of the ecliptic is called the ascending node, or the dragon's head, and marked thus Q : and the opposite point, where the planet descends from... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1815 - 686 sider
...opposite points where the orbit of a planet intersects the ectiptic. That, where the planet ascends from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node, or the Dragon's head in the pioon, and marked thus ß : and the opposite point, where the planet... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1819 - 380 sider
...of a planet is the imaginary path it describes round the sun. The earth's orbit is the ecliptic. 98. NODES are the two opposite points where the orbit...called the ascending or north node, and is marked thus Q ; and the opposite point where the planet appears to decend from the north to the south, is called... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 376 sider
...plane of the orbit cuts the ecliptic, is called the line of nodes. That node where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic is called the ascending node, and the other is thedescemling node. The angle which the plane of a planet's orbit makes with... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 370 sider
...plane of the orbit cuts the ecliptic, is called the line of nodes. That node where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic is called the ascending node, and the other is the descending node. The angle which the plane of a planet'sorbit makes with... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1821 - 206 sider
...The Earth has one satellite, Jupiter four, Saturn seven, and the Georgium Sidus six satellites. 211. Nodes are the two opposite points, where the orbit of a planet seems 10 intersect the ecliptic. The node in which the planet appears to ascend from the south to the north... | |
 | John Imison - 1822 - 528 sider
...plane of the orbits cuts the ecliptic, is called the line of nodes. That node where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node ; and the other is the descending node. The angle which the plane of a planet's orbit makes with... | |
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NODES are the two opposite points where the orbit of a planet seems to intersect the ecliptic. That where the planet appears to ascend from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending or north node... 
