annual parallax
Britishnoun
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It should be explained that what is called the "annual parallax" of a star is only half its apparent displacement.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
The absence of annual parallax further involves an incredible distance between the outermost planet and the fixed stars.
From History of Astronomy by Forbes, George
William Herschel began his observations of double stars in the hope of discovering an annual parallax of the stars.
From History of Astronomy by Forbes, George
It can further be demonstrated that these ellipses are really circles parallel to the ecliptic; so that we might hastily assume that annual parallax was the cause of the phenomenon discovered by Bradley.
From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir
In §22 I have paid attention to the now available catalogues of stars with known annual parallax.
From Lectures on Stellar Statistics by Charlier, Carl Vilhelm Ludvig
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