Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 159
about twenty-eight times as great as atthe surface of the earth. This is because the distance fromthe surface of the sun to its centre is much greater thanfrom the surface to the centre of the earth. 140. Size of the Sun Co?npa?-ed with that of the Planets,— The size of the sun compared with that… … Fig. 156. apparent size of the sun as seen from the different planets.The apparent diameter of the sun decreases as the distancefrom it increases, and the disk of the sun decreases as thesquare of the distance from it increases. 141. The Distance of the Sun.— The mean distance ASTRONOMY. I43 of the…
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