 | John Pinkerton - 1804 - 694 pages
...of the secondary planet^ cut the. orbits of their primaries. That node is called ascendintf,w}\cT* the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, and is marked thus, Q ; the other node is culled desceuding, and is marked thus, 'Q. 27. The afiheli'-ti... | |
 | Samuel Vince - 1811 - 260 pages
...the orbits of the secondaries cut the orbits of their primaries. That node is called ascending where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic; and the other is called the descending node. The ascending node is marked thus SI, and the descending... | |
 | Samuel Vince - 1814 - 602 pages
...the orbits of the secondaries cut the orbits of their primaries. That node is called ascending where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, and the other is called the descending node. The ascending node is marked thus « , and the descending... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 376 pages
...line in which the 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... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 370 pages
...line in which the 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... | |
 | Samuel Vince - 1820 - 472 pages
...the orbits of the secondaries cut the orbits of their primaries. That node is called ascending where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic ; and the other is called the descending node. The ascending node is marked thus & , and the descending... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1821 - 448 pages
...the ecliptic in planes different from the nodes of another planet. The ascending node is that where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic. The angle E • c is the inclination of the planes of the two orbits to each other. The line AB is... | |
 | John Imison - 1822 - 528 pages
...line in which the 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... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...orbits of the secondary planets cut the orbits of their primaries. That node is called ascending, where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, and is marked thns, Q ; the other node is called descending, and is marked thus, ly. 5. The aphelion... | |
 | Thomas Squire - 1836 - 332 pages
...the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic. That is called the ascending node where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic ; and the other is called the descending node. Ola. The ascending noile is marked thus Q, and the descending... | |
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NODE, (1) in astronomy, the two points in which the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic; the one through which the planet passes from the south to the north side of the. ecliptic being called the ascending node, and the other the descending... 
