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Page 71
... Uranus , 5 inches ; and of Neptune , 4 inches . This illustrates the fact that the orbital velocity of a planet decreases as its distance from the sun increases . CONJUNCTIONS OF PLANETS . - The grouping together of two or more planets ...
... Uranus , 5 inches ; and of Neptune , 4 inches . This illustrates the fact that the orbital velocity of a planet decreases as its distance from the sun increases . CONJUNCTIONS OF PLANETS . - The grouping together of two or more planets ...
Page 73
... URANUS SATURN JUPITER VENUS MNEMOSYNE CARTH LONA MARS cannot conceive of any polar inhabitant who could endure the. SIZE OF SUN AS SEEN FROM THE PLANETS . 2,000 in passing from Mercury to Uranus . No hu- man being could reside on the ...
... URANUS SATURN JUPITER VENUS MNEMOSYNE CARTH LONA MARS cannot conceive of any polar inhabitant who could endure the. SIZE OF SUN AS SEEN FROM THE PLANETS . 2,000 in passing from Mercury to Uranus . No hu- man being could reside on the ...
Page 74
... Uranus to reduce the cold . With , however , all these diversi- ties , we must admit the power of an all - wise Creator to create beings adapted to the life and the land , however different from our own . The Power that prepared a world ...
... Uranus to reduce the cold . With , however , all these diversi- ties , we must admit the power of an all - wise Creator to create beings adapted to the life and the land , however different from our own . The Power that prepared a world ...
Page 75
... Uranus , Neptune . MOTIONS OF A PLANET AS SEEN FROM THE SUN.- Could we stand at the sun and watch the movements of the planets , they would all be seen to be revolv- ing with different velocities in the order of the zodiacal signs . But ...
... Uranus , Neptune . MOTIONS OF A PLANET AS SEEN FROM THE SUN.- Could we stand at the sun and watch the movements of the planets , they would all be seen to be revolv- ing with different velocities in the order of the zodiacal signs . But ...
Page 81
... Uranus , making a sidereal revolution in eighty - four years , can be overtaken more quickly than Mars , which makes one in less than two years . It conse- quently requires over a second revolution to catch up with Mars , of one to ...
... Uranus , making a sidereal revolution in eighty - four years , can be overtaken more quickly than Mars , which makes one in less than two years . It conse- quently requires over a second revolution to catch up with Mars , of one to ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appear Aries astronomers atmosphere axis Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia cause Celestial Sphere centre Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark density Describe diameter disk earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars full moon globe heat heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon inclined inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light luminous lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors miles moon's motion move naked eye nearly nebula Neptune night node north pole Orion parallax pass path penumbra perihelion Perseus Pisces polar Polaris precession rays revolve ring rising Saturn seasons seen shine side sidereal sidereal day solar day solar system solstice space spots summer sun's surface synodic revolution tance Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible winter Zodiac