Moulton, Forest Ray, 1872-1952 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 349
arance is due to the factthat Ught shining from the sun through the open regions isreflected back from the interior edges of the denser parts ofthe rings. 183. The Constitution of Saturns Rings.— The brightrings of Saturn have the same appearance of solidity andcontinuity as the planet itself. It… … Fig. 118. — Rings of Saturn, December 12, 1907 (drawing by Barnard). swarms of meteors, or exceedingly minute satellites, revolv-ing around the planet in the plane of its equator. SuchsmaU bodies would exert only neghgible gravitational influ-ences upon one another, and their orbits would be…
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