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Page 117
... MOON Our Moon , the only natural satellite of the Earth , revolves around us in an approximately ptic orbit , which causes its mean distance of 139,000 miles from us to oscillate between 21,000 miles ( perigee ) and 253,000 miles pogee ...
... MOON Our Moon , the only natural satellite of the Earth , revolves around us in an approximately ptic orbit , which causes its mean distance of 139,000 miles from us to oscillate between 21,000 miles ( perigee ) and 253,000 miles pogee ...
Page 119
... MOON : 1967 The Moon shines only by reflected light . Its phases , or apparent changes in shape , result from the varying part of the sunlit hemisphere of the Moon visible to observers on Earth , be- cause of the relative positions of ...
... MOON : 1967 The Moon shines only by reflected light . Its phases , or apparent changes in shape , result from the varying part of the sunlit hemisphere of the Moon visible to observers on Earth , be- cause of the relative positions of ...
Page 120
... Moon Uranus 3 ° S. of Moon Mars 2 ° S. of Moon Neptune 3 ° N. of Moon Mars stationary Uranus stationary Saturn 0 ° .1 N. of Moon Pluto stationary Venus 19.8 N. of Jupiter Mercury 3 ° S. of Moon Jupiter 5 ° S. of Moon Venus 3 ° S. of Moon ...
... Moon Uranus 3 ° S. of Moon Mars 2 ° S. of Moon Neptune 3 ° N. of Moon Mars stationary Uranus stationary Saturn 0 ° .1 N. of Moon Pluto stationary Venus 19.8 N. of Jupiter Mercury 3 ° S. of Moon Jupiter 5 ° S. of Moon Venus 3 ° S. of Moon ...
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