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 followingpages have been collected from various sources. Most of the informationgiven 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 SUN1
II.MERCURY10
III.VENUS17
IV.THE EARTH32
V.THE MOON48
VI.MARS59
VII.THE MINOR PLANETS68
VIII.JUPITER74
IX.SATURN84
X.URANUS AND NEPTUNE91
XI.COMETS97
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