A Journey in Other Worlds

A Romance of the Future

Astor, John Jacob

• Publisher: pubOne.info
• Year: 2010
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9782819933472
• Subtopic: Science Fiction
• Index: Literature

PREPARING TO ALIGHT.

That afternoon Ayrault brought out some statistical tables he had compiled from a great number of books, and also a diagram of the comparative sizes of the planets. “I have been not a little puzzled at the discrepancies between even the best authors, ” he said, “scarcely any two being exactly alike, while every decade has seen accepted theories radically changed. ” Saying which, he spread out the result of his labours (shown on the following pages), which the three friends then studied.

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Planets Mean distance

from sun

in millions

of miles Semimajor

axis of orbit,

earth's distance

as 1 Eccentricity

of orbit Inclination of

orbit to elliptic Light at

perihelion Light at

apehelion Heat,

earth as 1

Mercury

36. 0

0. 387

0. 2056

7° 0' 8"

10. 58

4. 59

6. 67

Venus

67. 2

0. 723

0. 0068

3° 23' 35"

1. 94

1. 91

1. 91

The Earth

92. 9

1. 000

0. 068

0° 0' 0"

1. 03

0. 997

1. 00

Mars

141. 5

1. 524

0. 0933

1° 51' 2"

0. 52

0. 360

1. 43

Asteroids

204. 4 to 325. 2

2. 200 to 3. 5000

0. 4 to 0. 84

5° to 35°

Jupiter

483. 3

5. 203

0. 0483

1° 18' 41"

0. 04

0. 034

0. 037

Saturn

886. 0

9. 539

0. 0561

2° 29' 40"

0. 012

0. 0099

0. 011

Uranus

1781. 9

19. 183

0. 0463

0° 46' 20"

0. 0027

0. 0025

0. 003

Neptune

2791. 6

30. 055

0. 0090

1° 47' 2"

0. 0011

0. 0011

0. 001

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MOVEMENT IN ORBIT.

Planets Period of

revolution

in years

and days Orbital

velocity in

miles per

second. Velocity,

earth's as 1. Mean diameter

in miles. Surface

compared

with earth

as 1. Volume

compared

with earth

as 1. Mass

compared

with earth

as 1.

Mercury. . .

0. 88

23 to 35

1. 6

3, 000

0. 14

0. 056

0. 13

Venus. . . . .

0. 224 1/2

21. 9

1. 17

7, 700

0. 94

0. 92

0. 78

The Earth.

1. 00

18. 5

1. 0

7, 918

1. 00

1. 00

1. 00

Mars. . . . . .

1. 88

15. 0

0. 81

4, 230

0. 28

0. 139

0. 124

Asteroids

3. 29 to 6. 56

From a few

miles to 300

Jupiter. .

11. 86

8. 1

0. 44

86, 500

118. 3

1309. 000

316. 0

Saturn. . .

29. 46

6. 0

0. 32

71, 000

80. 4

760. 0

95. 0

Uranus. .

84. 02

4. 2

0. 23

31, 900

16. 3

65. 0

14. 7

Neptune.

164. 78

3. 4

0. 18

34, 800

19. 3

90. 0

17. 1

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DENSITY FORCE OF GRAVITY AT

SURFACE OF PLANET

Planets Compared with

earth as 1 Compared with

water as 1 Compared with

earth as 1 Bodies fall

in one second. Length of

day. Length of seasons Inclination

of axis.

Mercury.

1. 24

7. 17

0. 85

13. 7

Venus. . .

0. 92

5. 21

0. 83

13. 4

hr mn sc

23 21 22

53+

The Earth.

1. 00

5. 67

1. 00

16. 09

Spring, 93 days

Summer, 93 days

Autumn, 90 days

Winter, 89 days

23 1/2

Mars. . .

0. 96

2. 54

0. 38

6. 2

Spring, 191 days

Summer, 181 days

Autumn, 149 days

Winter, 147 days

27 1/2

Asteroids.

Jupiter.

0. 22

1. 29

2. 55

40. 98

9 55 28

1 1/2

Saturn. .

0. 13

0. 63

1. 15

18. 53

10 29 17

27

Uranus.

0. 18

1. 41

0. 91

14. 6

102(? )

Neptune.

0. 20

0. 94

0. 88

14. 2

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“You see, ” Ayrault explained, “on Jupiter we shall ne...

Table of contents

• PREFACE.
• Book I.
• JUPITER.
• ANTECEDENTAL.
• PRESIDENT BEARWARDEN'S SPEECH.
• PROF. CORTLANDT'S HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE WORLD
• DR. CORTLANDT'S HISTORY CONTINUED.
• FAR-REACHING PLANS.
• HARD AT WORK.
• GOOD-BYE.
• The Callisto was going straight up.
• Book II.
• The signals from the Arctic Circle.
• SPACE AND MARS.
• HEAVENLY BODIES.
• Comparative Size of Planets
• PREPARING TO ALIGHT.
• EXPLORATION AND EXCITEMENT.
• MASTODON AND WILL-O'-THE WISPS.
• AN UNSEEN HUNTER.
• The ride on the giant tortoise.
• SPORTSMEN'S REVERIES.
• THE HONEY OF DEATH.
• A battle royal on Jupiter
• CHANGING LANDSCAPES.
• A JOVIAN NIAGARA.
• HILLS AND VALLEYS.
• NORTH-POLAR DISCOVERIES.
• THE SCENE SHIFTS.
• Book III.
• THE SPIRIT'S FIRST VISIT.
• DOUBTS AND PHILOSOPHY.
• A PROVIDENTIAL INTERVENTION.
• The combat with the dragons
• AYRAULT'S VISION.
• Ayrault's Vision
• A GREAT VOID AND A GREAT LONGING.
• THE SPIRIT'S SECOND VISIT.
• CASSANDRA AND COSMOLOGY.
• DOCTOR CORTLANDT SEES HIS GRAVE.
• A look into the future
• AYRAULT.
• DREAMLAND TO SHADOWLAND.
• SHEOL.
• THE PRIEST'S SERMON.
• HIC ILLE JACET.
• MOTHER EARTH.
• The return
• Copyright