 Of these, the only ones of use to the navigator are Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Mercury is so near the sun as to be usually in the brightly lighted part of the sky and is...  General Science - Page 13by William Henry Snyder - 1925 - 608 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Riddle - Nautical astronomy - 1824 - 572 pages
...it revolves, from west to east, in about 27 days 8 hours, at a mean distance of about 240,000 miles. The planets, in the order of their distances from the sun, are Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Vesta, Juno, Ceres, Pallas, Jupiter, Saturn, and Herschel. — Mercury, and Venus,... | |
 | Thomas Turner Tate - Physics - 1855 - 442 pages
...the same direction. Some of the planets have moons or satellites revolving round them. The names of the planets, in the order of their distances from the sun, are MERCURY, VENUS, the EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATUIIN, URANUS, and NEPTUNE ; together with ten small planets called ASTEROIDS,... | |
 | Thomas Turner Tate - Physics - 1856 - 264 pages
...the same direction. Some of the planets have moons or satellites revolving round them. The names of the planets, in the order of their distances from the sun, are MEKCUEY, \SNTJS, the EABTH, MAES, JUPITEB, SATUBN, UBANUS, Solar System. between Mars and Jupiter,... | |
 | Thomas Turner Tate - 1863 - 284 pages
...the same direction. Some of the planets have moons or satellites revolving round them. The names of the planets, in the order of their distances from the sun, are MERCURY, VENUS, the EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, and NEPTUNE ; together with several Solar System. small planets... | |
 | Alexander Duncan (Educator) - Examinations - 1863 - 168 pages
...there in our system ? Ans. The names of the eight planets, in the order of their relative proximity to the sun, are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. 5. Into what three departments is geography divided? P. 5, C. 2. 6. Define Physical or Natural Geography.... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1868 - 300 pages
...number of smaller ones, called MINOR PLANETS, or ASTEROIDS.* 14. The names of the eight large primary planets, in the order of their distances from the sun, are Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. 15. All the primary planets except the earth... | |
 | Amédée Guillemin - Sun - 1870 - 328 pages
...principal planets, which can be divided into two groups ; the group of planets of medium size, which, taken in the order of their distances from the Sun, are Mercury, Venus, the Earth, and Mars ; and the group of large planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Between... | |
 | Wonders - Astronomy - 1877 - 136 pages
...nearest to the Sun, consists of four planets, of small dimensions when compared with other stars. These, in the order of their distances from the Sun, are : Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. The second, situated on the outskirts of the system, also consists of four planets ; but these, compared... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1877 - 296 pages
...number of smaller ones, called MINOR PLANETS, or ASTEROIDS.* 14. The names of the eight large primary planets, in the order of their distances from the sun, are Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. 15. All the primary planets except the earth... | |
 | Amos William Farnham - Geography - 1896 - 150 pages
...of the planets receive their light and heat from the sun. 4. The names of the planets in their order from the sun are, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. 5. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, are each larger than the earth. 6. Mercury, Venus, and Mars,... | |
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