 | Leonard Dunnell Gale - Physics - 1838 - 280 pages
...16 degrees in width, through the middle of which passes the ecliptic, is called the Zodiac. XCIII. The Latitude of a heavenly body is its distance from the ecliptic ; Longitude is distance from the first degree of Aries. XCIV. The Sensible Horizon is an imaginary... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Astronomy - 1838 - 444 pages
...recorded at large in the " Edinburgh Philosophical Journal," No. XIII., July, 1823, p. 177, 178, 4tc. I The latitude of a heavenly body is its distance from the ecliptic, or the apparent path of the sun, either north or soulh. Its geocentric latitude is its latitude as... | |
 | J. Tabor - 1853 - 112 pages
...heavenly body is its distance, reckoned in degrees, &c., from the equinoctial, north or south. 26. Latitude of a heavenly body is its distance from the ecliptic, north or south. 27. Longitude of a heavenly body is its distance from t\iejlrst point of Aries, reckoned eastward in... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1857 - 878 pages
...recorded at large in the " Edinburgh Philosophical Journal," No. XIII., July, 1822, p. 177, 178, &c. f The latitude of a heavenly body is its distance from the ecliptic, or the apparent path of the sun, either north or south. Its treocentric latitude is its Thet».3 latitudes... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Astronomy - 1870 - 274 pages
...sphere which passes through the poles of the ecliptic, and therefore cuts this circle at right angles. The latitude of a heavenly body is its distance from the ecliptic measured on a circle of latitude. It may be north or south, and is counted from zero to 90 degrees.... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1877 - 296 pages
...they have as applied to places on the earth's surface. i, l. ' CELESTIAL LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. i.06. The LATITUDE OF A HEAVENLY BODY is its distance from...from the vernal equinox eastward from 0° to 360°. a. Of course, neither the longitude nor right ascension of a body can be quite equal to 360° ; since... | |
 | Elias Loomis - 1897 - 264 pages
...which passes through the poles of the ecliptic, and therefore cuts this circle at right ansrles. OO The latitude of a heavenly body is its distance from the ecliptic measured on a circle of latitude. It may be north or south, and is counted from zero to 90 degrees.... | |
 | George W. Parker - Astronomy - 1902 - 270 pages
...Latitude and Longitude. The position of a body may be indicated also with reference to the ecliptic. The latitude of a heavenly body is its distance from the ecliptic measured on a perpendicular arc to the ecliptic. the first point of Aries and a perpendicular arc to... | |
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Hence the latitude of a heavenly body is its distance from the ecliptic, measured on a secondary to the ecliptic ; and like latitude on the earth, it can never exceed ninety degrees. 
