Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt · leaf 289
. 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 the num-bers, 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 90, 192,… … Fig. 75.—apparent magnitudes of the sun as seen from dip-ferent planets. tances of the planets from the sun (except for Neptune,which was not discovered when the so-called law was an-nounced). This is shown in the following table : CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLANETS. 271 Planets. ActualDistance. Bodes…
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