The pith of astronomy <without mathematics>; the latest facts and figures as developed by the giant telescopes; (1896)
Bayne, Samuel G. (Samuel Gamble), 1844-1924 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 106
ollowed by an embar-rassment of riches, and to day morethan 400 have been found. Ceres is the largest. Professor Bar-nard gives it a diameter of 600 miles. Vesta is the brightest, as it can beseen by the naked eye. Its diameter isabout 250 miles. Some of the smaller asteroids run 66 THE PITH OF… … SHOOTING-STARS The universe swarms with meteoricstones. These bodies, although verysmall, are of course not stationary,but revolve round the sun—that is,those that come within the domain ofthe solar system. They are governedby the same laws as the other bodies,and are a part of our system — a…
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