Item Info
Item No: burt00356
Title: Sketch of solar system information, for Life Story
Additional Title: Life Story
Language:
English
Material: Graphite and pen and ink on paper
Transcription:
"Our Solar System
Sun - 865,000 miles in diameter
Planets, diameter in miles, miles distant from sun
Mercury, 3,100, 36,000,000
Venus, 7,575, 67,200,000
Earth, 7,926, 93,000,000
Mars, 4,215, 141,800,000
Jupiter, 88,700, 483,300,000
Saturn, 75,000, 886,000,000
Uranus, 30,900, 1,783,000,000
Neptune, 32,900, 2,973,000,000
Pluto, 3,600, 3,666,000,000
Sun - 865,000 miles in diameter
Planets, diameter in miles, miles distant from sun
Mercury, 3,100, 36,000,000
Venus, 7,575, 67,200,000
Earth, 7,926, 93,000,000
Mars, 4,215, 141,800,000
Jupiter, 88,700, 483,300,000
Saturn, 75,000, 886,000,000."
Media Type: Illustrations
Source: Children's Literature Research Collection
Notes:
This series was labeled “Ideas not pursued" by Ms. Burton or her assistant.
Provenance: Gift of Virginia Lee Burton, 1968.
Bibliography:
Virginia Lee Burton, Life Story (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1962).
Creation Year (Single Year or Earliest Date): 1962
Image Dimensions Width: 17 cm
Creator Name: Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968 - Artist
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