42 Solar System. 



When it is to the west of the sun, it is 

 a morning star ; when to the east, it is an 

 evening star. 



Our Earth is the third planet in the 

 order of our system. Its diameter is 

 7970 miles, and it turns round on its axis 

 in the course of a day. Its distance from 

 the sun is 95,000,000 miles, and moves 

 at the rate of 58,000 miles an hour, com- 

 pleting its orbit in the course of a year. 



Mars is the fourth planet from the 

 sun, from which it is distant about 

 144,000,000 miles. It moves at the rate 

 of 55,000 miles an hour, and completes 

 its orbit in a little less than two of our 

 years. Its diameter is 4200 miles, and 

 its rotation on its axis is performed in 

 about 24 hours and 39 minutes. 



Ceres Ferdinandea is the fifth planet 

 from the sun. Its diameter is 16O 

 miles, and its distance from the sun is 

 260,000,000 miles. It was discovered 

 on the first day of the present century by 

 Mr. Piazzi, an Italian astronomer. 



Pallas is the sixth planet in the order 

 of the system. It was discovered by 

 Dr. Gibers of Bremen, on the 28ch of 

 March, 1802. Its distance from the sun 



