The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 277
utes. 250 ASTRONOMY. The axis of Jupiter deviates but slightly from a perpen-dicular to the plane of its orbit, as is shown in Fig. 277. THE SATELLITES OF JUPITER. 256. Jupiters Four Moons.—Jupiter is accompanied Fig. 278. by four moons, as shown in Fig. 278. The diameters ofthese moons range from… … Fig. 279. Mercury, and almost rivals Mars, in bulk. The sizes ofthese moons, compared with those of the earth and itsmoon, are shown in Fig. 279. The names of these satellites, in the order of their dis-tance from the planet, are lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Cal- ASTRONOMY. 251 Ihto. Their times of…
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