This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
The second planet in order from thesun, from which it is 67,000,000 miles distant, and around which it revolves in nearly 225 days. Its diameter is about 7,760 miles, very near to that of the earth. The length of its day is not known.
 
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