An abridgment of Smith's Illustrated astronomy (1850)
Smith, Asa · New York, Cady & Burgess · leaf 24
m thesun? A. July 1st. Q. What is the perihelion ? A. It is that point in the orbit of the earth orplanet nearest to the sun. Q. When is the earth in the perihelion, or nearest to thesun I A. January 1st. LESSON IX. THE SUN.Question. What body is the centre of the solar system? Answer. The sun. Q.… … ILLUSTRATED ASTRONOMY. 17 Q. What is the diameter of the sun? A. 886,952 miles. Q. How much larger is the sun than the earth ? A. It is 1,384,472 times greater. Q. What is the size of the sun compared with the planets ? A. It is 500 times as great as the bulk of all theplanets. Q. What can you say…
Astronomy, Juvenile and popular
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