This section is from the book "The Corner Cupboard; Or, Facts For Everybody", by Robert Kemp Philp. Also available from Amazon: The Corner Cupboard; or Facts for Everybody.
Jupiter. The largest planet of the solar system, being 91,-522 miles in diameter, or 1,400 times larger than the earth. It revolves round the sun in 4,332 days and 14 hours of our time, and on its own axis in 9 hours, 56 minutes, inclined to the eliptic 86° 54 1/2'. It is attended by four satellites.
 
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