Shuler, Molton Ancrum. [from old catalog] · New York, Broadway publishing company · leaf 168
determined byobserving the influence which he exerts upon his sat-ellite, is about the nineteenth part of Jupiters mass;or, by another comparison, it would require about19,000 globes as heavy as Neptune to equal the weightof the sun. The astronomers are ignorant as to the existence ofany… … THE FAMILY CELESTIAL their stupendous distance. We have seen that thenumerous minor planets have been discovered; butthese were found in the belt of space lying betweenMars and Jupiter. If planets of any consequence laybeyond Neptune, they might be discovered by the samemethods which the…
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