Vistas in Astronomy
Volume 11
- 1st Edition - June 5, 1969
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Editor: Arthur Beer
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 1 2 6 6 0 - 9
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 3 3 0 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 5 5 7 2 - 2
Vistas in Astronomy, Volume 11 provides information pertinent to the periodic movements of the bodies of the solar system. This book discusses the apparent motion of Sun and stars.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteVistas in Astronomy, Volume 11 provides information pertinent to the periodic movements of the bodies of the solar system. This book discusses the apparent motion of Sun and stars. Organized into 13 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the values of terrestrial and astronomical refraction that are deduced from the lunar sites themselves. This text then discusses the unit of time based on the ephemeris of the Sun whereby the advantages of precision and availability are being sacrificed in the interest of uniformity. Other chapters consider the unit of time and the measurement of long intervals. This book discusses as well the mathematical formulation of the eigenvibrations of an elastic sphere. The final chapter examines the orientation s in space of stellar-angular-momentum vectors in the light of empirical data, and their origin is then explained by simple models. This book is a valuable resource for astronomers and astrophysicists.
Introduction
The Lunar Observatories of Megalithic Man
Galileo's Contribution to Astronomy
The Measurement of Time
Free Bodily Vibrations of the Terrestrial Planets
Long-Range Variations of Orbits with Arbitrary Inclination and Eccentricity
Photometrie des Etoiles Faibles
The Atmospheric Extinction in Photoelectric Photometry
Performance Characteristics of a High-Dispersion Schmidt-Prism Combination
The New Stockholm Spectral Survey of the Southern Milky Way
The Dependence of the Velocity Body of Stars on Space Location
A Theoretical Study of Galactic Novae
Reflection Nebulae and the Nature of Interstellar Grains
Occurrence of Planetary Systems in the Universe as a Problem in Stellar Astronomy
Index
Contents of Previous Volumes
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- Edition: 1
- Published: June 5, 1969
- No. of pages (eBook): 284
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080126609
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483123301
- eBook ISBN: 9781483155722