by Mark Wicks
THE SUN, MOON, AND PLANETS
Diameter. Period of Rotation. Mean Distance from the Earth.---------------------------------------------------------------------------SUN 865,000 miles 25 to 26 days 92,800,000 miles
MOON 2,160 miles 27-1/3 days 238,000 miles (It revolves round the earth in the same time.)---------------------------------------------------------------------------PLANETS. Diameter in Number of Period of Period of Mean Distance Miles.[1] Satellites Rotation. Revolution from the Sun in Known.[2] Round the Sun. Millions of Miles.--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hrs. Mins. Days.Mercury 2,992 None [3]? 88 36Venus 7,660 None ? 225 67Earth 7,918 One 23 56 365-1/4 92-3/4Mars 4,220 Two 24 37 687 141-1/2Asteroids Very tiny planets, hundreds in number; and more are frequently being discovered.Jupiter 86,000 Eight 9 55 4,332-1/2 482Saturn 74,000 Ten 10 14 10,759 886Uranus 31,700 Four Not known 30,687 1,780Neptune 34,500 One " " 60,127 2,780---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TO MARS _via_ THE MOON
(_Narrative written by Wilfrid Poynders, Esquire, late of Norbury, inthe County Borough of Croydon, Surrey_)
