The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 271
t eighty-five thousand miles; but the equa-torial exceeds the polar diameter by five thousand miles.In volume he exceeds our earth about thirteen hundredtimes, but in mass only about two hundred and thirteentimes. His specific gravity is, therefore, far less than thatof the earth, and even less… … Fig. 274. lution, or a complete revolution around the sun, his orbitalmotion being at the rate of about eight miles a second.His synodical period, or the time of his passage from oppo-sition to opposition again, is three hundred and ninety-eightdays. 253- The Telescopic Aspect of yupiter. — There…
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