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104 | The Solar System |
Jupiter's bulk limits his power.swing the incoming asymptote of this hyperbola through a certain angle. Clearly, the closer the perijove of the relative orbit, the greater this angle
The comet's direction may be turned from OA to OB; or OA′ to OB′; or OA″ to OB″,according as it approaches along OA, OA′ or OA″, P being the planet. |
FIG. XIV. RELATIVE ORBITS. |