ASTRONOMY. 155 



All the stars of which the latitude is less than 4 32' 

 may suffer occultations by the moon, in any part 

 of the earth. Dr BREWSTER has given a catalogue 

 of the most remarkable stars subject to occulta- 

 tions of the moon. Edinburgh Encyclopedia, art. 

 Astronomy, vol. n. p. 668. 



SECT. IX. 



OF THE PLANETS. 



153. IT was said, (3. #.) that beside the sun 

 and moon, ten of the stars have motions east- 

 ward, peculiar to themselves. They are called 

 Planets, and are distinguished by particular 

 names, which, taken in the order of the celeri- 

 ty of their motions, are Mercury, Venus, Mars, 

 Vesta, Juno, Ceres, Pallas, Jupiter, Saturn, 

 Uranus. 



a. The first two perform their revolutions in the 

 heavens in less than a year, and are called inferior 

 Planets ; the rest have their period greater than 

 a year, and are called superior. 



b. Five of the Planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupi- 

 ter, and Saturn, are very conspicuous, and have 

 been known from immemorial time. PLINY says 

 of them : " Suus quidem cuique color est ; Saturno 

 candidus, Jovi clarus, Marti igneus, Lucifero can- 

 dens, Vesperi refulgens, Mercurio radians j Soli 



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