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Show Th AlUroMs. Tlio asterolda, which aro aometlmii called plauetulda alio, nro small planet 1 which movo around tho aun In ttia apaco between tho orbit of elara und that of Jupiter. A new natcrold la ill u oorercloiery faw mouths, so that no -1 boily oxcrpt a professional astronomer I can "keep track" of their number. Ho 1 far aa wo can recollect, tho latest one f found la numbered SOI. Tho largest ol I tho asterolda Vrstali only about fl.'Q I ullea In dlainrler. Mercury, tlioaiuall- I et ot tho planets, I ma n dlamcteraUiut B ten times aa great oa luk-r-St, Ijuli I aioboDemoorat. |