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atellitehas sped around it three times. This is a striking ano- 102 Astroxomy: New and Old. maly in the planetary system, as it was always thoughtthat the satellite could not revolve with greater speedthan that with which the Planet rotates. The extraor-dinary feature of our system is supposed to… … Fig. 11.—Views of Mars at two hours interval. (Warren De La Rue.)THE MINOR PLANETS. The Minor Planets, or Planetoids, all revolve in thespace between Mars and Jupiter. In the matter of sizethese small Planets are insignificant, ranging from 12 to500 miles in diameter, and are entirely invisible to…
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