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 290
three times the earthsdiameter. To distinguish the parts, the outer one is calledring A, the middle one ring B, and the dusky one ring C.Between A and B is an apparently open space, nearly twothousand miles wide, which looks like a black line on thering. Other divisions in the ring have been… … Fig. 292. Fig. 292 shows the divisions of the rings as they wereseen by Bond. 271. Phases of Saturns Ring. — The ring is inclinedto the plane of the planets orbit by an angle of twenty-seven degrees. The general aspect from the earth is nearlythe same as from the sun. As the planet revolves…
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