Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 291
four outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus, and Neptune. V. The satellites, or secondary bodies, revolving aboutthe planets, their primaries. VI. A number of comets and meteor swarms revolvingin very eccentric orbits about the Sun. The eight planets of Groups II and IV are classed 269 270 ASTRONOMY.… … Fig 1(51.—Plan of the Solar System. Dimensions of the Solar System.—The figure gives a planof part of the solar system as it would appear to a spectatorimmediately above or below the plane of the ecliptic. It isdrawn approximately to scale, the mean distance of theEarth (=1) being half an inch. On…
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