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THE SUN, EARTH, AND MOON
III.I. Inner Group of Major Planets:

    Mercury.
    Venus.
    Earth, with one satellite.
    Mars, with two satellites.

III.II. Group of Minor Planets, or Asteroids.

III. Outer Group of Major Planets:

    Jupiter, with five satellites.
    Saturn, with eight satellites.
    Uranus, with four satellites.
    Neptune, with one satellite.

Instead of taking up these bodies in the order of their distance from the sun, we shall, after describing the latter, pass over Mercury and Venus to consider the earth and moon. Then we shall return to the other planets and describe them in order.

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