A Manual of Astronomy And the Use of the Globes ...
A Manual of Astronomy And the Use of the Globes ...
Henry Kiddle
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An opaque body attending the sun, so called because, unlike the fixed stars, planets change their apparent relative positions. QuAPBATUBE — Lat. Quadra, a equa/re. The position of a body when its angular distance from the sun is 90 degrees, or a right angle. QuADBANT — Lat. Quadrans, the fourth pa/rt. The fourth part of a circle. QuAETiLB— Lat. Quartus, fov/rth. The aspect, of two planets 90 degrees from each other. Digitized by Google 120 GLOSSARY OP Rbtbogbadb— -Lat. Retrogradns, haehwards. T...he i^parent back- ward motion of the planets. Eefsaotion — ^Lat. Refractas, broken. The deviation or breaking of the rays of light. Radius — ^Lat. Radius, a ray. Plural, radii. Lines drawn from the centre of a circle to every part of the circumference, as rays proceed from the sun. Satellite — Lat. Satelles, a gtiard. An attendant body of a pri- mary planet. SmEBEAL— Lat. Sidus, a star. Relating to the stars. SoLAB— Lat. Sol, t?ie sun. Relating to the sun. Solstice — ^Lat. Sol, the sun, and sto, to stand.
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