Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt · leaf 376
thesame direction. In this respect, the motion is similar to BWGS OF SATURN. 35? that of the earth around the sun. The ring of Saturn isinclined about 27° to the plane of its orbit. Conse-quently, as the planet revolves around the sun, there is achange in the direction in which the sun shines upon… … Fig. 97.—different aspects of the ring of saturn as seek-from the earth. of the ring passes through the sun twice. This occurredin the years 1862 and 1878, at two opposite points of theorbit, as shown in the figure. At two other points, mid-way between these, the sun shines upon the plane of…
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