nutation

• Watch the nutation, they may try changing attitude and coming from above or below. —  Diane Duane - Star Trek : The Next Generation - Dark Mirror
• With the exception of the investigations of the parallax of stars, which led to the discovery of aberration and nutation, the history of science presents no problem in which the object attained -- the knowledge of the compression and of the irregular form of our planet -- is so far exceeded in importance by the incidental gain which has accrued, through a long and weary course of investigation, in the general furtherance and improvement of the mathematical and astronomical sciences. —  COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
• Why did he not continue in the same spot, except for the slow change caused by the nutation or nodding of Venus? —  A Trip to Venus
• I played as I had never played before, and in three moves had won the wager That will pay my travelling expenses," said I, pocketing his cheque I ought perhaps to mention that Professor Gazen carried out his intention of reading a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society on his alleged discovery of a diurnal nutation or "wobbling" of the planet Venus; but I regret to say that owing to preconceived opinions and personal prejudices, his ingenious theory met with a reception far below its merits. —  A Trip to Venus
• A moment's reflection regarding the obliquity of the earth's axis, nutation, the precession of the equinoxes, the eccentricity of the orbit and the changes in the position of the orbit, will show us what ample room there was for a special adjustment and adaptation between the earth and its satellite and between both to the solar centre. —  Creation and Its Records

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