 But as the greater number moved in a direction opposite to that of the earth in its orbit. the relative velocity must be diminished by the earth's velocity (about 19 miles in a second). This still leaves upwards of 220 miles per second for the absolute...  The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal - Side 3871841Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1841 - 940 sider
...earth in its orbit, the relative velocity must be diminished by the earth's velocity (about nineteen miles in a second.) This still leaves upwards of 220...greater than that of the comets at their perihelia. From the above results, it is obvious that the heights and velocities of the shooting-stars are exceedingly... | |
 | 1839 - 826 sider
...relative velocity was computed to be about 240 miles in a second. But as the greater number moved in a direction opposite to that of the earth in its orbit,...greater than that of the comets at their perihelia. From the above results, it is obvious that the heights and velocities of the shooting'stars are exceedingly... | |
 | 1841 - 498 sider
...relative velocity was computed to be about 240 miles in a second. But as the greater number moved in a direction opposite to that of the earth in its orbit....but if the observations are in any respect worthy of confidence they prove that many of these meteors (according to Wai'tummi's observations, by far the... | |
 | Nathan Hale - 1841 - 602 sider
...So that the absolute velocity of the meteor must have been, observes Mr. Galloway, more than eleia times the orbital velocity of the earth, seven and...Mercury, and probably greater than that of the comets :t their perihelia, or nearest approach to the sun. As regards the epoek of recurrence of the shooting-stars,... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 644 sider
...miles per second for the absolute velocity of the meteor, which is more than 1 1 times the orbitual velocity of the earth, seven and a half times that...planet Mercury, and probably greater than that of many of the comets at their perihelion. Such are the principal facts which have yet been established... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1867 - 1090 sider
...relative velocity was computed to be about 240 miles in a second. But as the greater number moved in a direction opposite to that of the earth in its orbit,...greater than that of the comets at their perihelia. SHOOTING STARS Such are the principal facts which were early established respecting the heights, velocities,... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1867 - 1090 sider
...of the meteor, which is more than eleven times the orbital velocity of the .earth, seven and a hal f times that of the planet Mercury, and probably greater than that of the comets at their perihelia. Mathematique for July 1839. M. Wartmanu and five other observers, provided with celestial charts, stationed... | |
 | 1842 - 446 sider
...miles per second for the absolute velocity of the meteor, which is more than eleven times the orhital velocity of the earth, seven and a half times that of the planrt Mercury, and prohably greater than that of the comets at their perihelia. Such are the principal... | |
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