Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith) · London A. and C. Black · leaf 56
ut into a great open field,where we shall not be limited by walls. Then thesmallest planet, named Mercury, which lies nearestof all to the sun, would have to be represented bya pea comparatively close to the sun; Venus, thenext, would be a greengage plum, and would beabout twice as far away ; then… … COMPARATIVE SIZES OF THE PLANETS. four, all comparatively small; beyond them thereis a vast gap, in which we find the asteroids, andafter this we come to four larger planets, mightyindeed as regards ourselves, for if our earth were 3—2 36 THE CHILDRENS BOOK OF STARS a greengage plum, the first of…
Astronomy -- Juvenile literature
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