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The Solar System

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The Solar System.jpg The superstitious notions of the antients with regard to EclipsesThumbnailsThe primary Planets never eclipse one anotherThe superstitious notions of the antients with regard to EclipsesThumbnailsThe primary Planets never eclipse one anotherThe superstitious notions of the antients with regard to EclipsesThumbnailsThe primary Planets never eclipse one anotherThe superstitious notions of the antients with regard to EclipsesThumbnailsThe primary Planets never eclipse one anotherThe superstitious notions of the antients with regard to EclipsesThumbnailsThe primary Planets never eclipse one anotherThe superstitious notions of the antients with regard to EclipsesThumbnailsThe primary Planets never eclipse one another

By Astronomy we discover that the Earth is at so great a distance from the Sun, that if seen from thence it would appear no bigger than a point; although it’s circumference is known to be 25,020 miles. Yet that distance is so small, compared with the distance of the Fixed Stars, that if the Orbit in which the Earth moves round the Sun were solid, and seen from the nearest Star, it would likewise appear no bigger than a point, although it is at least 162 millions of miles in diameter.