Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 289
• • Pig. 74.—relative sizes op the planets. The relative apparent magnitudes of the sun, as seenfrom the various planets, is shown in the next figure. Flora and Mnemosyne are two of the asteroids. A curious relation between the distances of the planets,known as Bodes law, deserves mention. If to… … FlG. 75.—APPAEENT MAGNITUDES OF THE SUN AS SEEN FBOM DIF-FERENT PLANETS. tances of the planets from the sun (except for Neptwue^which was not discovered when the so-called law was an-nounced). This is shown in the following table : CHARACTERI8TIC8 OF THE PLANETS. 271 Planets. ActualDistance. Bode8…
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