Curiosities of the sky, a popular presentation of the great riddles and mysteries of astronomy (1909)
Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851-1929 · New York, London, Harper & brothers · leaf 241
the telescope Tycho appears as aperfect ring surrounding a circular depression, in thecentre of which rises a group of mountains. Itssuperficial resemblance to some terrestrial volcaniccraters is very striking. Vesuvius, seen from a pointvertically above, would no doubt look something likethat (the… … THE CRATERS CLAVIUS, LONGOMONTANUS, TYCHO, ETC. THE WRECKING OF THE MOON perhaps half a mile in diameter, while the active crateritself is only two or three hundred feet across at themost; Tycho has a diameter of fifty-four miles! Thegroup of relatively insignificant peaks in the centre ofthe…
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