The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts . isadvantage is offset by the fact that when he rises atsunset he can be seen during the whole night, so that you willnot only have plenty of time in which to find him, but to observehim as well. Again, Saturn may be seen any clear night duringthe winter months until the year 1920. Like the Earth, Saturn is believed to have a more or lesgsolid core, but hotter and with layers of gas around him. It isthe sixth planet from the Sun, and with his beautiful rings
The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts . isadvantage is offset by the fact that when he rises atsunset he can be seen during the whole night, so that you willnot only have plenty of time in which to find him, but to observehim as well. Again, Saturn may be seen any clear night duringthe winter months until the year 1920. Like the Earth, Saturn is believed to have a more or lesgsolid core, but hotter and with layers of gas around him. It isthe sixth planet from the Sun, and with his beautiful rings,which are formed of millions of little pieces—each a moon in THE PLANETS, THE SUNS KIDDIES 53 itself—and with his ten large moons, when seen through a tele-scope he is far and away the mightiest sight in the whole skyat night. He and his wonderful rings are shown in Fig. 57. Saturn is 886 millions of miles from the Sun. His diameter is 87,000 miles. His day is 29 of our days long. His year is 29 of our years long. Seeing Uranus.—If you have sharp eyes and will look forUranus in the spring and summer months, you should be able.
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