285105That the Earth may be a Planet.
Thus likewiſe, by placing the Sun in the
Centre, we may conceive ſuch a proportion
betwixt the Bodies of the Planets, as will
be anſwerable unto their ſevral Spheres:
Then Mercury, which has the leaſt Orb,
will have the leaſt Body; Venus bigger than
that, but leſs than any of the other; our
Earth bigger than Venus, but leſs than the
reſt; Mars bigger than the Earth, but leſs
than Jupiter; Jupiter bigger than Mars, and
leſs than Saturn; Saturn being the higheſt,
ſhould alſo be the biggeſt. All which Har-
mony would be diſturbed, by putting in
the Sun amongſt them; and therefore, it
may be more convenient for him to ſit ſtill
in the Centre.
Centre, we may conceive ſuch a proportion
betwixt the Bodies of the Planets, as will
be anſwerable unto their ſevral Spheres:
Then Mercury, which has the leaſt Orb,
will have the leaſt Body; Venus bigger than
that, but leſs than any of the other; our
Earth bigger than Venus, but leſs than the
reſt; Mars bigger than the Earth, but leſs
than Jupiter; Jupiter bigger than Mars, and
leſs than Saturn; Saturn being the higheſt,
ſhould alſo be the biggeſt. All which Har-
mony would be diſturbed, by putting in
the Sun amongſt them; and therefore, it
may be more convenient for him to ſit ſtill
in the Centre.