Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 288
et, it is bright; when east of it, faint.This peculiarity has been accounted for by supposing that thesatellite, like our moon, always presents the same face to theplanet and that one side of it is white and the other intenselyblack; but it is doubtful whether any known substance is soblack as one… … the satellites are shownFig. 289. Fig. 290 shows the transit of one of the satellites, andof its shadow, across the disk of the planet. THE RIXGS OF SATURN. 270. General Appearance of the Rings. — Saturn is sur-rounded by a thin flat ring lying in the plane of its equator.This ring is probably less…
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