The Children's Book of Stars
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The Children's Book of Stars is a book by G. E. Mitton. The text mentions a view that the sun and moon and all the hosts of heaven were there solely to light and benefit us, and adds that as the world grew wiser the wonders of creation were fathomed little by little. The text names the first great discovery as the daily movement of the earth, its rotation on its own axis, which makes it appear as if all these shining things went round it.
The text says comets were called comets from a Greek word signifying hair, for they often leave a long luminous trail behind. The text says that at the time of the Norman Conquest of England a comet believed to be the very same one was stretching its glorious tail half across the sky. The text asks the reader what to say to a dark body revolving round Algol, or, rather, revolving with him round a common centre of gravity.
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- Author
- G. E. Mitton
- Pages
- 79
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Astronomy
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