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The Solar System 1 Three other points remain to be mentioned before our picture of the Solar System is complete . In the first place , it is not a stationary affair . All the planets are moving , and in the same direction round the Sun.
The Solar System 1 Three other points remain to be mentioned before our picture of the Solar System is complete . In the first place , it is not a stationary affair . All the planets are moving , and in the same direction round the Sun.
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It is by no means difficult to imagine that plant life might adapt itself to lunar conditions ( some terrestrial cacti thrive in almost equally unpromising environments ! ) , but for the present this must remain speculation .
It is by no means difficult to imagine that plant life might adapt itself to lunar conditions ( some terrestrial cacti thrive in almost equally unpromising environments ! ) , but for the present this must remain speculation .
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the region immediately around the Poles would remain invisible from such a satellite in the course of 24 hours — although the distortion caused by the Earth's curvature , and the thickening atmospheric haze , would make useful ...
the region immediately around the Poles would remain invisible from such a satellite in the course of 24 hours — although the distortion caused by the Earth's curvature , and the thickening atmospheric haze , would make useful ...
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