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The most natural explanation of the variation of a star of short period is that it is due to its rotation around its axis.
In the Annals of the Harvard College Observatory, xi. 264, the variation in light of Iapetus, the outer satellite of Saturn, is discussed on this hypothesis. It is there shown that if the axis of revolution is perpendicular to the line of sight, the variation of light, L, may be approximately represented by the formula, L a 6 sin v c cos 0 d sin 2 v 6 cos 2 v a here denotes the mean light, v the angle of rotation, b and c are constants depending on the comparative brilliancy of the two hemispheres, each of which is supposed to be of uniform intensity, but one brighter than the other; d and a depend on a supposed deviation of the body from the form of a solid of revolu tion. This equation may also be written in the form L a m sin (0 a) 1: sin (2 v B), in which a depends upon the angular position of the plane separating the two hemispheres from the line of sight at the epoch from which the variation in light is reckoned; B in like manner depends upon the positions in which the body subtends its largest and smallest discs. Our problem then is to see how far this equation will represent the variation in light of all the stars of the fourth class.
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Edward Pickering is an experienced racing, sportive, leisure, and commuting cyclist and journalist who works for Cycling Weekly and Cycle Sport magazines. He has also written for various cycling publications, including the Lance Armstrong souvenir magazine, and for the New York Times. He specializes in the coverage of international road racing, and has followed and reported on six Tours de France, as well as most of the other major races. He discovered cycling at the age of five, and then rediscovered it at the age of 16, since when he has cycled and raced on three continents.
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