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Page 437
... Earth's orbit around the Sun , the amount of solar energy intercepted by the Earth steadily rises and falls by ± 3.4 percent through- out the year , peaking on January 3 when the Earth is closest to the Sun. Although about 31 percent of ...
... Earth's orbit around the Sun , the amount of solar energy intercepted by the Earth steadily rises and falls by ± 3.4 percent through- out the year , peaking on January 3 when the Earth is closest to the Sun. Although about 31 percent of ...
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... Earth's daily rotation on its axis and yearly revolution around the Sun , which is stationary at the centre of the planetary system . The Earth , therefore , is not the centre of the universe but only of the Moon's orbit . As the years ...
... Earth's daily rotation on its axis and yearly revolution around the Sun , which is stationary at the centre of the planetary system . The Earth , therefore , is not the centre of the universe but only of the Moon's orbit . As the years ...
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... Earth , that the Earth lay mo- tionless at the centre of a rigidly rotating celestial sphere ( to which the stars were " fixed " ) , and that the complex to - and - fro wanderings of the planets in the zodiac were to be described ...
... Earth , that the Earth lay mo- tionless at the centre of a rigidly rotating celestial sphere ( to which the stars were " fixed " ) , and that the complex to - and - fro wanderings of the planets in the zodiac were to be described ...
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