Part 50

Ursa Minor, or the Little Bear, 330.

Vega, star in Lyra, 336, 365, 370.

Venus, apparent size of, 231. atmosphere of, 234. brilliancy of, 232. distance of, 231. elongation of, 231. orbit of, 230. periods of, 232. volume of, 231. transits of, 145, 234.

Vernier, the, 15.

Virgo, or the Virgin, 338.

Vesta, the planet, 241.

Vulcan, the planet, 230.

Year, the, 78. anomalistic, 79. Julian, 80. sidereal, 79. tropical, 79.

Zenith, the, 6. distance, 12.

Zodiac, the, 32.

Zodiacal constellations, 32. light, 318.

Zones, 61.

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