Popular astronomy : a concise elementary treatise on the sun, planets, satellites and comets (1865)
Mitchel, O. M. (Ormsby MacKnight), 1809-1862 · New York : Oakley & Mason · leaf 157
eration,we find his actual diameter to be nearly 90,000 Qiiiles,and his volume to be equal to that of 1,281 globes suchas our earth. The dark belts which encircle the equatorial regions ofthe planet, and w^hich revolve w^ith the globe, show thatthe axis of rotation is very nearly perpendicidar to… … ALLA V1STA,TENER1FFE 1856 JUPITER. 141 of time, and sweeping round the sun in about twelve of ouryears, at a mean distance of about 485 millions of miles. The streaks and dark shades which distinguish theequatorial region of Jupiter are by many considered tobe belts of clouds floating in the…
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