Part 24

Uranus, gravitational influence on, 15; distance from sun, 19, 229–230; unknown to ancients, 40; superior planet, 41; influence on Neptune, 43; influence on comets, 44; movement, 65; nearness to ecliptic, 72; discovery, 225–226, 246; symbol, 227; time of revolution, 228; size, 231; satellites, 232–233; irregularity of, 236.

Vega, in constellation of the Lyre, 54, 191, 266.

Venus, the planet, 2, 4, 5; nearness to sun, 19; nearness to earth, 20, 256; movement of, 25; long known, 38; early names of, 39; inferior planet, 40; terrestrial planet, 41; brightest planet, 42; apparent motions, 57–58; transits, 61; distance from ecliptic, 72; seen from Mercury, 105; density, 110; beauty, 122; how and when to see, 123–131; distance and brightness, 132–137; likeness to earth, 138–140; atmosphere and seasons, 141–147; transits, 147–149; sign of, 150; Bode’s law and, 245; how to know, 259–264.

Vesta, planetoid, 251, 253, 254, 257.

Virgo, constellation of the zodiac, 76, 84–85, 188, 212.

Zodiac, the, 71–92.

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