annulation

Updated: May 19, 2025

The anomalous shortness of the latter may, however, in M. Wolf's opinion, be explained by the "traînées elliptiques" with which Roche supplemented nebular annulation. These are traced back to the descent of separating strata from the shoulders of the great nebulous spheroid towards its equatorial plane.

Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke - A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century: Fourth Edition