The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volumes 1-10Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 - Reference [1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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... planets , five others of which are also known to have satellites , which along with innumerable minor bodies orbit around the Sun , mostly close to the plane of the Earth's orbit ( the ecliptic ) . Planets and satellites shine by ...
... planets , five others of which are also known to have satellites , which along with innumerable minor bodies orbit around the Sun , mostly close to the plane of the Earth's orbit ( the ecliptic ) . Planets and satellites shine by ...
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... planets seem to be secondary . The smaller , warmer bodies such as Mercury , the Moon , and the minor planets have lost any atmosphere they had , because the average speeds of atmospheric molecules exceed that re- quired to escape from ...
... planets seem to be secondary . The smaller , warmer bodies such as Mercury , the Moon , and the minor planets have lost any atmosphere they had , because the average speeds of atmospheric molecules exceed that re- quired to escape from ...
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... planets , especially in Jupiter . Outward transfer of matter was restrained gravitation- ally , however , so that the lighter components travelled preferentially to greater distances from the central Sun , leaving the heavier ones ...
... planets , especially in Jupiter . Outward transfer of matter was restrained gravitation- ally , however , so that the lighter components travelled preferentially to greater distances from the central Sun , leaving the heavier ones ...
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