The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 270
, or three hundred and eighty-eight millionmiles, and, when he is in conjunction, four hundred andeighty million miles fins ninety-two million miles, or fivehundred and seventy-two million miles. It will be seenthat he is less than twice as far off in conjunction as inopposition, and that the ratio… … Fig. 273. earth and of Jupiter, the greatest and least distances ofJupiter from the earth vary somewhat from year to year. 250. The Brightness and Apparent Size of ^upifer.—The apparent diameter of Jupiter varies from about fiftyseconds to about thirty seconds. His apparent size at hisextreme and…
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