Sun, moon, and stars. Astronomy for beginners (1893)
Giberne, Agnes, 1845-1939 · New York, American tract society · leaf 72
ilycircle—that family circle of which the sun is thehead, the centre, the source of life and warmthand light. There are two ways in which astronomers groupthe planets of the Solar System. One way is to divide them into the InferiorPlanets and the Superior Planets. As the earth travels in her… … Figs, i, 2, and 4, Saturn. In Fig. i the ring is represented as seen edgeways.Fig. 3> Jupiter. The dark spot represents a satellite passing acioss the disc ofthe planet. Figs. 5 and 6, Mars ; two views of nearly opposite hemispheres. The darkermarkings are believed to be water, and the lighter…
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