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Show Distance of the Sun. j The minor planet Eros (discovered J B 11 yoatH ago), which occasionally np- f B lronches nearer tho earth than any B other planetary body, provided amo- B tliod of incnBurlug tho sun'B dlstnnco . B with very groat accuracy during Its jB opposition tn 1000. Ah far as tho , B reductions of tho many obHervatlomi B mado Hint year havo gone, tho nolnr ) B parnllni socms to Ho In tho neighbor- t B hood of 8,805 seconds, which ropre- H iionts n moan dlstnnco of tho earth !! Irom tho sun of 02,S13,000. Moro ro- I contly tho Bpcctroscopo Iihh been UBcd !! to determine thjs Important parallax ! and tho first reHultB hnvo now been published by tho Royal obsorvatory ft at Capo Colony. Tho vnluo thus do- !'! duced 8,800 socondii (02,800,000 miles !'l Is In remnrknblo agreement with B tho EroH computation, nnd It may now H confidently be nccoptcd that tho mean B dlstnnco of tho sun la slightly undor H 03,000,000 miles, 9 |