Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908, Young, Anne Sewell, b. 1871., ed · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 247
ounds would have a weight of only38 pounds on the surface of Mars. 330. General Telescopic Aspect, Phases, Albedo, Atmosphere,Etc. — When the planet is nearest the earth, it is more favor-ably situated1 for telescopic observation than any otherheavenly body,— the moon alone excepted. It then shows… … § 331] TELESCOPIC ASPECT. 231 Since its orbit is outside the earths, it never exhibits the crescent phases like Mercury and Venus; but at quadrature it appears distinctly gibbous, as in Fig. 82, about like the moon three days from the full. Like Mercury, Venus, and the moon, BS its disc is brighter…
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