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قراءة كتاب Astronomical Curiosities: Facts and Fallacies
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ASTRONOMICAL CURIOSITIES
FACTS AND FALLACIES
ASTRONOMICAL
CURIOSITIES
FACTS AND FALLACIES
BY
J. ELLARD GORE
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
ETC.
AUTHOR OF “ASTRONOMICAL ESSAYS,” “STUDIES IN ASTRONOMY,”
“THE VISIBLE UNIVERSE,” ETC.
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1909
PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED
LONDON AND BECCLES
All rights reserved
PREFACE
The curious facts, fallacies, and paradoxes contained in the following pages have been collected from various sources. Most of the information given will not, I think, be found in popular works on astronomy, and will, it is hoped, prove of interest to the general reader.
J. E. G.
September, 1909.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | THE SUN | 1 |
| II. | MERCURY | 10 |
| III. | VENUS | 17 |
| IV. | THE EARTH | 32 |
| V. | THE MOON | 48 |
| VI. | MARS | 59 |
| VII. | THE MINOR PLANETS | 68 |
| VIII. | JUPITER | 74 |
| IX. | SATURN | 84 |
| X. | URANUS AND NEPTUNE | 91 |
| XI. | COMETS | 97 |
| XII. | METEORS | 117 |
| XIII. | THE ZODIACAL LIGHT AND GEGENSCHEIN | 127 |
| XIV. | THE STARS | 135 |
| XV. | DOUBLE AND BINARY STARS | 160 |
| XVI. | VARIABLE STARS | 170 |
| XVII. | NEBULÆ AND CLUSTERS | public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@39263@[email protected]#Page_191" class="pginternal" |