The Ways of the Planets - Martha Evans Martin

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1912

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	On Making Acquaintance with the Planets	[1]
II.	Our Relation to the Planets	[11]
III.	What the Planets Are, and What They Appear to Be	[17]
IV.	The Origin of the Planets	[26]
V.	The Seven Great Planets	[38]
VI.	The Movements of the Planets	[46]
VII.	How the Inferior Planets Seem to Move	[56]
VIII.	How the Superior Planets Seem to Move	[65]
IX.	The Path of the Planets	[71]
X.	Mercury—When and Where to Find Mercury—Distance and Brightness—Mercury’s Size and the Consequences of It—What the Sun Does for Mercury—Transits	[93]
XI.	Venus—When and Where to See Venus—Distance and Brilliancy—Venus’s Likeness to the Earth—Atmosphere, Day and Night, and Seasons—Transits	[122]
XII.	Mars—How to Identify Mars—When and Where Mars May Be Seen—Size, Atmosphere, and Temperature—Distance and Brilliancy—Day and Night, and Seasons—Surface Aspects—Satellites	[151]
XIII.	Jupiter—Place in the Sky—Distance, Light, and Heat—Day and Night, Seasons, and Atmosphere—Surface Features—System of Satellites	[183]
XIV.	Saturn—Around One Circuit of the Skies with Saturn—Distance and Size—Surface Aspects and Constitution—Day and Night—The Rings and Moons of Saturn—Seasons	[206]
XV.	Uranus	[225]
XVI.	Neptune	[234]
XVII.	The Little Planets, or the Asteroids	[244]
XVIII.	Conclusion	[258]
	Symbols Used in Almanacs	[267]
	Index	[269]

ILLUSTRATIONS

A WHIRLING SPIRAL NEBULA, TYPICAL OF THAT FROM WHICH THE SUN AND PLANETS WERE PROBABLY EVOLVED	[Frontispiece]
MAP SHOWING THE CONSTELLATIONS OF THE ZODIAC AND THE LINE OF THE ECLIPTIC RUNNING THROUGH THEM	Facing p. [76]
THE LOVELY CRESCENT THAT VENUS SHOWS WHEN TO OUR VIEW SHE IS AT HER GREATEST BRILLIANCY	" [136]
RELATIVE APPARENT SIZE OF VENUS AT DIFFERENT PHASES OF ILLUMINATION	Page [137]
THE TWO PHASES OF MARS	Facing p. [152]
MARS: DIFFERENCE IN ITS APPARENT SIZE AT ITS NEAREST, MIDDLE, AND FARTHEST DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH	Page [169]
JUPITER, THE MAMMOTH MEMBER OF THE SOLAR FAMILY—LARGER THAN ALL THE OTHER PLANETS PUT TOGETHER	Facing p. [184]
SATURN AND ITS RINGS	" [220]