CELESTIAL SPHERE

imaginary sphere of infinite radius with the earth at its center. It is used for describing the positions and motions of stars and other objects. For these purposes, any astronomical object can be thought of as being located at the point where the line of sight from the earth through the object intersects the surface of the celestial sphere. In astronomical coordinate systems, the coordinate axes are great circles on the celestial sphere. In most systems of this type, the reference points are fixed on the sphere, so the two coordinates needed to locate a body are relatively constant.

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books on: Celestial Sphere  - 10886 results

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An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics
Book by Theodore E. Sterne; Interscience Publishers, 1960
Subjects: Celestial Mechanics
...spherical surface, called the celestial sphere , with a radius parallel to...but as a great circle on the celestial sphere, and what we shall call the...necessary to our subject as the "celestial sphere" is not. We should warn our...
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The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom: Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God
Book by Yulia U. Ustinova; Brill, 1999
Subjects: Aphrodite (Greek Deity)--Cult--Kerch Strait Region (Ukraine And Russia)--History, Gods, Greek--Kerch Strait Region (Ukraine And Russia)--History, Gods--Kerch Strait Region (Ukraine And Russia)--History, Kerch Strait (Ukraine And Russia)--Religion
...as fertility, royal power, and the celestial and chthonic worlds. Later, the massive...other instances (Burkert 1992: 98).25 Celestial being a common epithet of the Semitic...1960: 69), and not only her role as the Celestial Queen, presum- ably originates from...
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The Celestial Twins: Poetry and Music through the Ages
Book by H. T. Kirby-Smith; University of Massachusetts Press, 1999
Subjects: Lyric Poetry--History And Criticism, Music And Literature
The Celestial Twins The Celestial Twins POETRY AND MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES H. T KIRBY...CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Kirby-Smith, H. T. Henry Tompkins , 1938- The celestial twins : poetry and music through the ages / H. T. Kirby-Smith...
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition, and Duties of Woman
Book by Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Arthur B. Fuller; John P. Jewett, 1855
Subjects: Women--History--Modern Period, 1600-
...dread daunt his faith in the power of the celestial harmony that filled his soul. It seemed...she cannot attend to those of her own sphere. She is happy enough as she is. She has...judicious to wish to step beyond the sphere of her sex. I will never consent to have...
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E-Sphere: The Rise of the World-Wide Mind
Book by Joseph N. Pelton; Quorum Books, 2000
Subjects: Communication, International, Communication--Technological Innovations, Telecommunication Systems
e-Sphere e-Sphere The Rise of the World-Wide Mind Joseph N. Pelton Foreword...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pelton, Joseph N. e-Sphere: the rise of the world-wide mind/ Joseph N. Pelton; foreword by Arthur...
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journal articles on: Celestial Sphere  - 397 results

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The Transatlantic Romance of Celestial Motion: Revolutionary Objects and Fictional Historiography
Journal article by Robert Lawrence Gunn; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 39, 2008
Subjects: Astronomy--Portrayals, Romance fiction--Criticism and interpretation, Romance literature--Criticism and interpretation, Romances (Fiction)--Criticism and interpretation
...revolutions of celestial bodies and the smaller orbital sphere of human endeavor...the boundless sphere...Paine of this celestial trope that...and not in the sphere of political...bloodless order of celestial motion, Thomas...
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A. R. Ammons's Stevensian Search for a Supreme Fiction in Sphere
Journal article by John Adames; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 43, 1997
Subjects: Ammons, A.R.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetry--20th century, Poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Stevens, Wallace--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...possibilities of reality, the relationship between the earthly and the celestial, and the idea that the ultimate poetry must be abstract. Such...his latest, Garbage - but register their strongest signal in Sphere. In this volume, they are repeated and modulated in a number...
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Ibn Sina-Al-Biruni Correspondence
Journal article by Rafik Berjak, Muzaffar Iqbal; Islam & Science, Vol. 2, 2004
Subjects: Aristotelianism--Criticism and interpretation, Celestial mechanics--Comparative analysis, Cosmogony--Comparative analysis, Islamic learning and scholarship, Islamic scholarship, Mechanics, Celestial--Comparative analysis
...movement of bodies inside the celestial sphere, according to the opinion of...this with the belief that the celestial sphere is not spherical, but oval or...the moving bodies within the celestial sphere, is not the same as amp;#91...
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Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, Ca. 800-1500
Journal article by Bruce Eastwood, Gerd Braßhoff; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 94, 2004
Subjects: Astronomy, Europe, European history, Middle Ages, Research & development--R&D, Teaching
...named because of his inclusion of celestial phenomena in his account. See...for the correspondence between celestial and terrestrial zones were prescribed...earth is at the center of the celestial sphere (c. 59), there are many strictly...
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An Essay on Thomas Kuhn's First Scientific Revolution, the Copernican Revolution
Journal article by N. M. Swerdlow; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 148, 2004
Subjects: Astronomy, Gravity, Kuhn, Thomas S (1922-96), Literary criticism, Physics
...is the model now called the "celestial sphere." It is not itself a cosmology...considered as points on the celestial sphere, including the apparent motion of the sun projected onto the celestial sphere as the ecliptic. Kuhn calls...
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An Economy for the Earth
Magazine article by Lester R. Brown; The Humanist, Vol. 62, May-June 2002
Subjects: Ecology--Economic aspects, Economics--Evaluation, Pollution--Economic aspects, Sustainable development--Evaluation
...Nicolaus Copernicus published "On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres," in which he challenged the view that the sun revolves...Earth and the economy. The issue now is not which celestial sphere revolves around the other but whether the environment...
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Shadow World: How Many Dimensions Space Has Could All Be a Matter of Perspective
Magazine article by Davide Castelvecchi; Science News, Vol. 172, November 17, 2007
Subjects: Dimensions (Measurement)--Models, Dimensions--Models, Maldacena, Juan--Works, Physicists--Works, Space and time--Measurement, Space--Measurement, String theory
...actually similar to the familiar celestial sphere of the night sky as seen from Earth...field theory that rules Maldacenas sphere at infinity. Starting from that...is otherwise that of a perfect sphere. In response, the black hole will...
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Straight from the Soul: Flamenco Artists Explore Their Art on Dvd, Video and in Print
Magazine article by Allan Ulrich; Dance Magazine, Vol. 79, August 2005
Subjects: Becoming the Dance: Flamenco Spirit (Book)--Book reviews, Becoming the Dance: Flamenco Spirit (Book)--Movie reviews, Becoming the Dance: Flamenco Spirit (Book)--Video recording reviews, Books--Book reviews, Flamenco (Motion picture)--Book reviews, Flamenco (Motion picture)--Movie reviews, Flamenco (Motion picture)--Video recording reviews, Flamenco Women (Motion picture)--Book reviews, Flamenco Women (Motion picture)--Movie reviews, Flamenco Women (Motion picture)--Video recording reviews, Mariana Pineda (Video recording)--Book reviews, Mariana Pineda (Video recording)--Movie reviews, Mariana Pineda (Video recording)--Video recording reviews, Motion pictures--Movie reviews, Video recordings--Video recording reviews
...and distilled. Steeped in the traditional forms, they move one step away from the grittiness of their roots to a celestial sphere where they burn coldly. The film is a window into the rehearsal process of these stars. We see the nerves and the...
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Books for Late Summer: From Genius Genes to Tyrannosaur Musings
Magazine article by J.A. Miller; Science News, Vol. 170, August 5, 2006
Subjects: A Curious Gaze at the Heavens Find the Constellations (Book)--Book reviews, A Journey Through the World's Backwaters the Ends of the Earth (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Code Breaking: A Toy Story PopCo (Book)--Book reviews, Decoding Decision Makers Blink (Book)--Book reviews, Ice Age: From Heroic Scientists to Black-Op Spies Fifty Degrees Below (Book)--Book reviews, Murder and Old Bones Tyrannosaur Canyon (Book)--Book reviews, The Wisdom of Crowds (Book)--Book reviews, Thinking About Tomorrow Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (Book)--Book reviews, Who's Your Daddy? The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank (Book)--Book reviews
...sky, as seen from the middle and northern United States (latitude 40degrees), gave me the first real feel for the celestial sphere--the movement of stars day to day and season to season relative to Earth. I recently purchased a used copy of Find...
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The Sharp-eyed Lynx, Outfoxed by Nature: Part Two
Magazine article by Stephen Jay Gould; Natural History, Vol. 107, June 1998
Subjects: Galilei, Galileo, History, Philosophers, Science, Stelluti, Francesco
...planet with good eyes and the best telescope of his day, but through a mind harboring no category for rings around a celestial sphere. Stelluti knew that fossil wood must grow from earths of the mineral kingdom because he made good observations with...
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newspaper articles on: Celestial Sphere  - 15 results

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Cosmic Timing's Way out; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 14, 2005
...poles due to gravitational effects on the Earth), the celestial sphere moves relative to the sky by about one degree every 70 years. In the past 2,000 years, the point on the celestial sphere where the vernal equinox occurs has left Aries and...
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The Gulf between the Sexes Explored
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 8, 2004
...music suddenly stops and the air is filled with the distant echoes of bells. The rustling and twittering of the celestial sphere fill the space as the second movement follows without a break. Orion the hunter is both agile and predatory (whooping...
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SPACE ODDITY; as Every Schoolboy Knows, Pluto Is the Ninth Planet. Now Scientists Want to Demote It to Just a Lump of Rock
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 15, 2006
...no heed paid to the general, annual rotation of the celestial sphere. LATER, astronomers pointed their telescopes at the planets and discovered that they are worlds, spheres of rock and gas like the Earth. So Earth became a planet...
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Carols
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), December 24, 2006
...loyal in their belief. 2. Listen as the celestial messengers produce harmonious sounds...expectation of good given to the terrestrial sphere. 5. Embellish the interior passageways...12. Tranquility upon the terrestrial sphere. 13. Obese personification fabricated...
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Tempsford Is Tempting! RACING PREVIEW
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), October 4, 2008
...three quarters on the Flat, a step up to three miles in this sphere could be just what is required and providing his fencing holds...assured. Free World makes his first start in 316 days in the Celestial Halo JCB Novices Hurdle (3.05) but he looks a runner with plenty...
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encyclopedia articles on: Celestial Sphere  - 31 results

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Celestial Sphere
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CELESTIAL SPHERE imaginary sphere of infinite radius...object intersects the surface of the celestial sphere. In astronomical coordinate systems...coordinate axes are great circles on the celestial sphere. In most systems of this type, the...
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Celestial Horizon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...coordinate system . It is the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the observers zenith and nadir; it divides the celestial sphere into two equal hemispheres. The observer may be unable...
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Celestial Pole
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which the earths axis of rotation intersects the celestial sphere . The celestial pole is important as a reference point in the equatorial coordinate system ; the celestial meridian passes through it, as do the hour circles...
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Equatorial Coordinate System
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of stars or other celestial objects on the celestial sphere . The celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere with the observer at...extended, the points where it intersects the celestial sphere are called the celestial poles; the north celestial...
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Equinox
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...EQUINOX e kwinoks, either of two points on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic and the celestial equator...dates. The equinoxes are not fixed points on the celestial sphere but move westward along the ecliptic, passing through...
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