The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-27

Venus the second planet from the sun, revolving
around the sun at mean distance of sixty-seven
million miles, with year of PA days, with a
day of q hours Venus measures about 900
miles from pole to pole as compared with Mother
Earth's diameter of 1912 miles, Then comes our
own globe. We are approximately 100000
miles away from the source of heat and energy
and are speeding around our own circle, making
the circuit in approximately 365 days which period
we term one year. Our nearest neighbor whose
circuit of the sun is outside our pathway, is Mars
This planet revoves at mean distance of IA 900
miles and has a day Of "a hours, 81 minutes and
% seconds. But it takes Mars o67 days to make
the around-he-sun journey, that is the length of
the Marian year. In between Mars and Jupiter
is swarm of small bodies called Asteroids that
are whizzng through space on their journey around
the sun at distance varying from 100000 to
$4,000 miles. Then comes the ponderous Jupiter
at distance of 100000 million miles, taking
almost twelve of our years to make the circuit of
the sun. In earth terms of time, boys or girls
would be almost in their teens in one year on
Jupiter. But that of lesser interest than the size
of this member of the sun family. 1t has d-
ameter of IS 300 miles. its mass being more than
three hundred times that of our globe. 1t revolves
en- its own axis at terrific speed day on Jupiter
being just a little less than ten of our hours Moon
light nights on Jupiter are therefore short and
sweet but there is ample moonlight since Jupiter is
known to have at least seven moons. The young
folks here in Lakeland would not know what to
do with so many. And here comes marvellous
Saturn with its beautiful rings and eight known
moons. 1t measures 10000 miles through the
center, revolving on its axis in little less than
ten and one half hours. A year on Saturn is
Twenty-Five and half of our years SO that one
does not have to be year old there to be entitled
to vote. This planet is about ninety times larger
than cur earth. The two outside members of
solar system, Uranus and Neptune, cannot be
seen with the unaided eye being so very far away,
Uranus revolving around the sun at the distance
of enc thousand, seven hundred and seventy-wo
million miles in a period of eighty-four years.
Uranus is almost thirty-one thousand miles thick.
Away beyond Uranus is Neptune. If there are
people en- Neptune the sun, at distance of 2,770
million miles, would not appear to be much larger
than Venus appears to us. A year on Neptune is
almost los of cur years. Neptune has diameter
of $4,000 miles and has only one moon. These
are just few hasty facts and figures about the
ether members Of cur solar system but. vast as it
is, we are scarcely drop in the bucket either of
space or of time when we realize that our sun
with its family is among the lesser heavenly bodies
and that we are travelling with the sun through
endless space, possibly on huge sun orbit as
member of some far vaster system or going cur
own way, guided by the hand Of Creator who,
while holding the universe in His hands, yet notes
the sparrcw's fall. Well may we exclaim this
Saturday night, The heavens declare the glory
of God and the armament showeth His handi-
work."