The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 73
and the largest telescope just showshim to be a planet. He is attended by one moon. He is simplya disk of light when seen through a telescope, as shown inFig. 59. 54 THE BOOK OF THE STARS Neptune is 2,790 millions of miles from the Sun. His diameter is 36,000 miles. His day is unknown. His year is… … Fig. 60.—Marbles on Top of Table. us. The group occupies a place in the sky where we shouldexpect to find a single large planet. But when the planets were made, Jupiter, with his greatbulk pulled the soft pieces apart of which a planet would havebeen formed, and instead of one planet of respectable…
Astronomy · Stars
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