"What is that?" asked Johnson.
"We should all fall into the sun!"
"Fall into the sun!" repeated Bell with surprise.
"Yes. If this motion were to stop, the earth would fall into the sun in sixty-four days and a half."
"A fall of sixty-four days!" said Johnson.
"No more nor less," answered the doctor; "for it would have to fall a distance of thirty-eight millions of leagues."
"What is the weight of the earth?" asked Altamont.
"It is five thousand eight hundred and ninety-one quadrillions of tons."
"Good!" said Johnson; "those numbers have no meaning."