Item Info

Language: English
Material: Gouache, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Transcription:

"Sun, Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

Our Solar System

Sun, 865,000 miles in diameter

planets, miles in diameter, miles distant from sun

Mercury, 3,100, 36,000,000

Venus, 5,575, 67,000,000

Earth, 7,926, 93,000,000

Mars, 4,215, 141,500,000

Jupiter, 88,700, 485,300,000

Saturn, 75,000, 886,100,000

Uranus, 30,900, 1,783,000,000

Neptune, 32,900, 2,793,000,000

Pluto, 3,600, 3,666,000,000."

Media Type: Illustrations
Source: Children's Literature Research Collection
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: 22 cm
Call Number: BURT PRO 1
Creator Name: Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968 - Artist