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Mars
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The exterior planet of the Solar system, nearest the earth, of one-half its diameter, with a mean distance from the sun of 141,000,000 m., round which it takes 686 days to revolve, in a somewhat centric orbit, and 24½ hours to revolve on its own axis, which inclines to its equator at an angle of 29°; examination of it shows that there is four times as much land as water in it; it is accompanied by two moons, an outer making a revolution round it in 30 hours 18 minutes, and an inner in 7 hours and 38 minutes; they are the smallest heavenly bodies known to science.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mars'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/mars.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mars'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/mars.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
