A compendium of astronomy; containing the elements of the science, familiarly explained and illustrated, with the latest discoveries. Adapted to the use of schools and academies, and of the general reader (1850)
Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859 · New York, R. B. Collins · leaf 207
sion of the rings appears to us, on account ofour immense distance, as only a fine line, yet it is in re-ality an interval of not less than about 1800 miles. Thedimensions of the whole system are in round numbersas follows : Miles. Diameter of the planet, .... 79,000From the surface of the planet… … The figure represents Saturn as it appears to a power-ful telescope, surrounded by its rings, and having its bodystriped with dark belts, somewhat similar but broader 249. Saturn.—State his diameter and volume, number oisatellites, ring, distance from the sun. 8ATURN. 195 and less strongly marked…
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