Bernstein, Aaron, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher, Bd. 12-16, 1897

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            ſtrahlt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9898" xml:space="preserve">allein mit den Planeten iſt dies ein übel Ding, denn
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            unſere Erde ſieht von hier wie ein feines Pünktchen aus, das man
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            kaum recht ſehen kann, unſer Nachbar Mars verſchwindet faſt,
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            während die kleinen Planeten, die zwiſchen dieſem und Jupiter
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            ihren Rundlauf um die Sonne nehmen, vollkommen unſichtbar
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            ſind. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9899" xml:space="preserve">Wir überzeugen uns hier von einer etwas ſonderbar
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            klingenden Wahrheit, die aber leider nicht wegzuleugnen iſt,
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            von der Wahrheit nämlich, daß es im Weltraum keinen Punkt
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            giebt, von wo aus ein menſchliches Auge mit Bequemlichkeit
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            unſer Sonnenſyſtem überblicken könnte. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9900" xml:space="preserve">In der Nähe dieſes
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            Syſtems ſind die Kreiſe ſo furchtbar groß, daß ſie ſich
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            nicht mit einem Blick umfaſſen laſſen; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9901" xml:space="preserve">in der Ferne von
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            demſelben iſt ein Teil der Planeten ſo klein, daß ſie ganz ver-
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            ſchwinden.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s9903" xml:space="preserve">Von hier aus ſehen wir’s erſt recht, welch’ furchtbare
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            Raumverſchwendung im Sonnenſyſtem herrſcht, ſelbſt dort
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            herrſcht, wo es von den Planeten durchwandert iſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9904" xml:space="preserve">Nimmt
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            man nur die Planeten als belebt an, während der Raum,
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            durch welchen ſie wandern, der unbelebte, leere Teil der Welt
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            iſt, ſo nimmt das Leben in einem unendlichen, großen Weltall
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            nur einzelne, äußerſt kleine Punkte ein, die neben der Größe
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            der Welt als die unſcheinbarſten Dinge ganz und gar dem
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            Auge verſchwinden.</s>
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            <emph style="bf">XVI. Ein Sonnenſyſtem im Kleinen.</emph>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s9906" xml:space="preserve">Der Überſichtlichkeit wegen wollen wir uns nun ein
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            Sonnenſyſtem im Kleinen machen, und dabei zugleich die Größe
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            der Sonne und der Planeten wie deren Entfernung von ein-
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            ander in ſolchen Verhältniſſen darſtellen, wie ſie für unſere
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            Sinne am leichteſten faßlich ſein werden.</s>
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