A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1859)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 46
— Eunomia — Juno . , . 1,400 Ceres . . 163 Pallas . . 770 Hygeia. — Jupiter. 88,790 Saturn . . 79,300 Uranus. , 35,000 Neptune . 31,000 61. State the diameters of the several planets ? (Why blanks in thetable ? What diameters are given—polar, equatorial, or neither ?) 62. Give the magnitude of the… … 2. It may seem almost incredible that what appear only as small stars in the heavensshould be larger than the mighty globe upon which we dwell. But when we considertheir immense distance, and the effect this must have upon their apparent magnitude,as illustrated at 55, it is evident that the…
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