Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 376
e direction. In this respect, the motion is similar to RING8 OF SATURK. 357 The ring of Saturn isorbit. Conse- that of the earth around the sun. inclined about 27° to the plane of its queutly, as the planet revolves around the sun, there is a change in the direction in which the sun shines upon it… … Fig. 97. -DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE RING OF SATURN AS SEENFROM 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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