The planets are all members of the great family dependent on the sun. Venus and the earth may be considered the pair of twins, alike in size and weight. Mercury and Mars are the babies of the system. The big brothers are Jupiter and Saturn.


Star-land; Being Talks with Young People about the wonders of the, Heavens, Lecture III (pp. 134—135)

Robert Stawell Ball Quotes

The planets are all members of the great family dependent on the sun. Venus and the earth may be considered the pair of twins, alike in size and...

The planets are all members of the great family dependent on the sun. Venus and the earth may be considered the pair of twins, alike in size and...

The planets are all members of the great family dependent on the sun. Venus and the earth may be considered the pair of twins, alike in size and...

The planets are all members of the great family dependent on the sun. Venus and the earth may be considered the pair of twins, alike in size and...