Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 215
Mercuryrevolved about the Sun in about 88days= 0.24 yrs.Venus 225 = 0.62 Earth 365 = 1.00 Mars 687 = 1.88 Jupiter li 4333 = 11.86 f /Sfl^m <f <f <f 10,759 = 29.46 f The Relative Distances of Planets from the Sun.—Keplee had no way of determining the absolute distanceof each planet from the… … Fig. 126—Method of Determining How Much Greater theDistance of Mars from the Sun is than the Distance ofthe Earth from the Sun. Iu the figure let She the Sun, EE the orbit of the earth, and MMthe orbit of Mars. When the Earth is at E and Mars at M the planetis in opposition, i.e., it is seen from…
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