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Astronomy for schools and general readers (1892)

Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920, Philips, G. M. (George Morris), 1851-1920, joint author · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company · leaf 179

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the planet ahead of the satellites; but if Jupiter rises in thedaytime, in which case it will be found up some distance in the sky-in the evening, the occultations and transits of the satellites will comefirst. 1 Saturn, the god of time, father of Jupiter. His symbol (h) repre-sents an… … Fig. 40.—Saturn. and measure the outside of their atmospheres, so thatwhat we give as the specific gravity of the planet isreally the average specific gravity of the planet and itsatmosphere taken together. If the atmosphere is deep,the real body of the planet is smaller and denser. Thesize and…

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