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Definition of Apogees
1. apogee [n] - See also: apogee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apogees
Literary usage of Apogees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Planetary Diagrams For Roman Astronomy In Medieval Europe, CA. 800-1500 by Bruce Eastwood, Gerd Grasshoff (2004)
"This design omitted the names of all zodiacal signs having no planetary apogees
since they were superfluous for this diagram and then rearranged the ..."
2. Astronomy in the Iberian Peninsula: Abraham Zacut and the Transition from by José Chabás, Bernard R. Goldstein (2000)
"384, there are values for the planetary apogees that can be derived from ...
However, in the Alfonsine tradition the planetary apogees do not move with the ..."
3. The Indian Calendar: With Tables for the Conversion of Hindu and Muhammadan by Robert Sewell, Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896)
"The Karanas give the length of the year, and the motions and places at a given
time of the sun, moon, and planets, and their apogees and nodes, according to ..."
4. Islamic Astronomical Tables by E. S. Kennedy (1956)
"Thus the epoch of the second table can be conjectured to be 1 AH A table of
apsidal motion (all apogees moving together) for each Hijra year, months, ..."
5. Miscellanea Curiosa: Containing a Collection of Some of the Principal by James Hodgson, William Derham, Richard Mead, Royal Society (Great Britain), Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier) (1708)
"... Equation is about 5-4 fe- conds greater : But when the apogees are in ...
or i minute, when the apogees of the Sun and Moon are in Conjunction ; but if ..."
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