Berry, Arthur,b. 1862 · London, J. Murray · leaf 447
tary disc like their neighbours Mars and Jupiter,were barely distinguishable in appearance from fixed stars,except in the most powerful telescopes of the time; hencethe name asteroid (suggested by William Herschel) orminor planet has been generally employed to distinguishthem from the other… … Fig. SS.—Photographic trail of a minor planet. [To face p. 377. $ 294] The Minor Planets 377 too difficult even for his unrivalled powers of observation.The minor planets were also found to be remarkable forthe great inclination and eccentricity of some of the orbits ;the path of Pallas, for…
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