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... letter standing under that number , is the Dominical letter , and the day of the week on which the year commences . A leap year has two Dominical letters , the first of which commences the year , and continues to the 24th of February ...
... letter standing under that number , is the Dominical letter , and the day of the week on which the year commences . A leap year has two Dominical letters , the first of which commences the year , and continues to the 24th of February ...
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angle apogee approach of centres Aries ascending node Astronomers attractive power body calculated centrifugal force Comets conjunction consequently descending diameter as seen difference Dominical letters earth Earth's shadow enter Table equal equator equinox fall fixed stars full Moon Geocentric longitude given gravity greatest grees H M. S. half Heavens heliocentric Herschel horary motion horizon Interrogations for Section Jupiter light longitude lunar Lunar Eclipses mean motion mean new Moon Middle apparent millions of miles minutes Moon in March Moon's mean anomaly Moon's node Moon's orbit Moon's true move nearer north pole Old Style opposite parallax penumbra performs a revolution perigee Pisces planet projectile force rays revolves rise round the Sun satellites Saturn seconds semi-diameter signs and degrees Solar System south pole subtract Sun and Moon Sun's distance Sun's mean anomaly Sun's mean distance Sun's true surface syzygy tance telescope Tides tion velocity Venus visible