The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 248
d with thatof the earth. The intricate complexity of the orbits of the asteroids isshown in Fig. 250. ASTRONOMY. 225 II. THE INNER GROUP OF PLANETS. Mercury. 216. The Orbit of Mercury.—The orbit of Mercury ismore eccentric than that of any of the larger planets, andit has also a greaterinclination… … Fig. but, owing to the great eccentricity of its orbit, its distance from the sun varies from about forty-three million milesat aphelion toabout twenty-eightmiUion at perihe-lion. 217. Distance 0/Mercury from theEarth. — It is evi-dent, from Fig.251, that an infe-rior planet, likeMercury, is…
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