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 297
sedby the darker color of the particles rather than by their beingfarther apart. Uranus. 275. Orbit and Dimensions of Uranus. — Uranus, thesmallest of the outer group of planets, has a diameter ofnearly thirty-two thousand miles. It is a little less densethan Jupiter, and its mean distance from the… … a revolution around the sun in eighty-four years, moving atthe rate of a little over four miles a second. It is visibleto the naked eye as a star of the sixth magnitude. As seen in a large telescope, the planet has a decidedlysea-green color : but no markings have with certainty been detected on…
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