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A journey in other worlds - A romance of the future by John Jacob Astor
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Summer, 93
Terrestrial days Autumn, 90
Winter,89

Mars... 24 37 23 Spring, 191 0.96 2.54 0.38 6.2 27 1/2
Summer, 181
Martian days Autumn, 149
Winter, 147

Asteroids........................................................

Jupiter. 9 55 28 ......... 0.22 1.29 2.55 40.98 1 1/2

Saturn..10 29 17 ......... 0.13 0.63 1.15 18.53 27

Uranus. ....... ......... 0.18 1.41 0.91 14.6 102(?)

Neptune......... ......... 0.20 0 0.88 14.2 .....

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"You see," Ayrault explained, "on Jupiter we shall need our
apergetic outfits to enable us to make long marches, while on
Saturn they will not be necessary, the increase in our weight as
a result of that planet's size being considerably less than the
usual load carried by the Roman soldier."

"I do not imagine," said Cortlandt, "we should long be troubled
by gravitation without our apergetic outfits even on Jupiter,
for, though our weight will be more than doubled, we can take off
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