Pettengill, Amos, 1780-1830 · New-Haven, N. Whiting · leaf 30
south of theSolstices. THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 29 Primary Planets, four Asteroids, eighteen Sec«ondary Planets or Moons, and more than ahundred Comets. The names of the PrimaryPlanets are Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars,Jupiter, Saturn and Herschel. The names ofthe Asteroids are Ceres, Pallas, Juno and… … ^Note,—The small circles round the Earth, Jupiter, Sa^via and Herschel, represent the Orbits of their Moons. 3* 30 THE SOLAR SYSTE.M, Mercury, being the nearest to the Sun. movesround it in a small circle. Venus revolves in a larger circle, but withinthe Earths Orbit. Mars goes round the Earths…
Astronomy, Juvenile and popular
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