ELEMENTS AND OTHER DATA OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM EMPLOYED IN THIS ANALYSIS.
PART I.--SUN AND PLANETS. --------+-------------+----------+-----------------------+-----------+ |Mean Distance|Equatorial|Volume in Cubic Miles. | Density. | Name. | from Sun |Diameter | |(Water = 1)| | in Miles. |in Miles. | | | --------+-------------+----------+-----------------------+-----------+ Sun | -- | 867,000 |341,237,637,800,000,000| 1·413 | Mercury | 35,987,000| 2,957 | 13,537,968,847| 6·850 | Venus | 67,245,000| 7,660 | 235,334,728,260| 4·810 | Earth | 92,965,000| 7,918 | 259,923,832,335| 5·660 | Mars | 141,650,000| 4,185 | 38,378,333,333| 4·188 | Supposed| | | | | planet| 260,300,000| -- | -- | -- | Jupiter | 483,678,000| 87,680 | 352,940,162,601,626| 1·358 | Saturn | 886,779,000| 73,713 | 209,716,183,575,000| 0·736 | Uranus |1,783,383,000| 33,563 | 19,796,209,090,910| 1·302 | Neptune |2,794,000,000| 36,620 | 25,713,106,508,876| 1·132 | --------+-------------+----------+-----------------------+-----------+ | Volume at Density of | Time of Revolution | Name. | Water in Cubic Miles. | round Sun in Days. | | | | --------+------------------------+-----------------------+ Sun | 482,169,000,000,000,000| -- | Mercury | 92,735,000,000| 87·9692 | Venus | 1,131,960,000,000| 224·7007 | Earth | 1,471,169,000,000| 365·2563 | Mars | 160,728,460,000| 686·9796 | Supposed| | | planet| 367,792,000,000| 1,714·1876 | Jupiter | 479,292,741,000,000| 4,332·2548 | Saturn | 154,351,000,000,000| 10,759·2198 | Uranus | 25,874,664,000,000| 30,688·5076 | Neptune | 29,107,237,000,000| 60,186·6385 | --------+------------------------+-----------------------+
PART II.--SATELLITES OF PLANETS. ----------+--------------+-------------+-----------------+ | Mean Distance| Equatorial | Volume | Names. | from Primary | Diameter | in Cubic Miles. | | in Miles. | in Miles. | | ----------+--------------+-------------+-----------------+ | _Of the Earth._ | Moon | 238,833 2160 5,276,682,926 | | | | _Of Jupiter._ | Jo | 267,380 2252 5,980,050,000 | Europa | 425,160 2099 4,842,133,708 | Ganymede | 678,390 3436 21,240,229,268 | Callisto | 1,192,820 2929 13,157,027,273 | | | | _Of Saturn._ | Mimas | 120,800 1000 523,600,000 | Enceladus | 155,000 ? 65,450,000 | Tethys | 191,000 500 65,450,000 | Dione | 246,000 500 65,450,000 | Rhea | 343,000 1200 904,780,417 | Titan | 796,000 3300 18,816,606,060 | Hyperon | 1,007,000 ? 3,053,634,965 | | | Japetus | 2,314,000 1800 3,053,634,965 | | | | _Of Uranus._ | Ariel | 123,000 } Total mass taken at | Umbriel | 171,000 } 1/15,000th of primary | Titania | 281,000 } 1,724,977,600 | Oberon | 376,000 } | | | | _Of Neptune._ | ----- | 220,000 } Mass taken at | | } 1/40,000th of primary | | 727,680,925 | ----------+----------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Density. |Volume at Density| Total Volume at | Names. |(Water=1.)| of Water in |Density of Water | | | Cubic Miles. | in Cubic Miles.| ----------+----------+-----------------+-----------------+ | | | _Of the Earth._ | Moon | 3·438 .. 18,141,236,000 | | | | _Of Jupiter._ | Jo | 1·132 6,769,416,600 | Europa | 2·141 10,367,008,269 | Ganymede | 1·868 39,676,748,273 | Callisto | 1·472 19,367,144,146 | | ----------------- | | 76,180,317,288 | | | | _Of Saturn._ | Mimas | ... | Enceladus | ... | Tethys | ... | Dione | ... | Rhea | ... | Titan | ... Total Volume | Hyperon | ... in Cubic Miles. | | | Japetus | 0·7 36 26,548,606,407 19,539,774,315 | -----------+----------------------------------------------+