Part 14

Neptune, discovery, 15; distance from sun, 19, 43; not visible to naked eye, 20; age, 34; diffuse matter of, 37; unknown to ancients, 40; superior planet, 41; influence on comets, 44; one revolution, 47; orbit, 48; movement of, 65; distance from earth, 234; discovery, 235–237, 247; symbol, 238; atmosphere, 239–240; satellite, 241; motion, 242; brightness, 243.

Oberon, satellite of Uranus, 232–233.

Orion, 123.

Pallas, planetoid, 251.

Phecda, star in Great Dipper, 104.

Phobos, satellite of Mars, 180–181, 202.

Phœbe, satellite of Saturn, 222–223.

Pisces, constellation in zodiac, 76–77, 90–92, 160, 187, 212, 242.

Pleiades, 79–80, 153, 188, 210.

Præsepe, or the Bee-hive, 82, 211–212.

Regulus, star in the constellation of Leo, 83–84, 188, 212.

Rhea, satellite of Saturn, 222–223.

Sagittarius, constellation of zodiac, 76, 87–88, 91–92, 186, 189, 209, 212, 229.

Saturn, rings and moons of, 12, 218–223; distance from sun, 13, 19; attraction between Jupiter and, 15, 185; size and importance, 20; object-lesson from, 29; long known, 38; superior and outer planet, 41–42; influence on comets, 44; length of year on, 47; movement, 65; distance from ecliptic, 72; satellites, 106; color, 206, 209, 259; as evening star, 207; slight motion, 208; circuit of skies, 209–213; size and distance, 213–215; surface aspects, 215–216; day and night, 217–218; seasons, 224; symbol, 224; Bode’s law and, 245–246; how to recognize, 260–264.

Schiaparelli, 174–175.

Scorpio, constellation of zodiac, 76, 85–88, 91–92, 127, 153, 186, 188, 212–213.

Sidereal year, 49–50.

Sirius, the dog-star, 123.

Spica, 84–85, 188.

Sun, controls planets, 14, 17; distance from earth, 18; center of planet system, 27; probable formation of, 36; once called planet, 39; situation in orbit, 52; vernal equinox, 76; relation to Mercury, 111–118; relation to Mars, 166–167; relation to Jupiter, 183–185.

Superior planets, 41, 65–70.

Symbols in almanacs, 267.

Synodic year, 50, 52.

Taurus, constellation in zodiac, 76, 79–80, 90–92, 188, 210, 212, 242.

Tethys, satellite of Saturn, 222.

Themis, satellite of Saturn, 222–223.

Titan, satellite of Saturn, 222–223.

Titania, satellite of Uranus, 232.

Triangulum, 78.

Umbriel, satellite of Uranus, 232–233.

Uranus, gravitational influence on, 15; distance from sun, 19, 229–230; unknown to ancients, 40; superior planet, 41; influence on Neptune, 43; influence on comets, 44; movement, 65; nearness to ecliptic, 72; discovery, 225–226, 246; symbol, 227; time of revolution, 228; size, 231; satellites, 232–233; irregularity of, 236.

Vega, in constellation of the Lyre, 54, 191, 266.

Venus, the planet, 2, 4, 5; nearness to sun, 19; nearness to earth, 20, 256; movement of, 25; long known, 38; early names of, 39; inferior planet, 40; terrestrial planet, 41; brightest planet, 42; apparent motions, 57–58; transits, 61; distance from ecliptic, 72; seen from Mercury, 105; density, 110; beauty, 122; how and when to see, 123–131; distance and brightness, 132–137; likeness to earth, 138–140; atmosphere and seasons, 141–147; transits, 147–149; sign of, 150; Bode’s law and, 245; how to know, 259–264.

Vesta, planetoid, 251, 253, 254, 257.

Virgo, constellation of the zodiac, 76, 84–85, 188, 212.

Zodiac, the, 71–92.

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