The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 289
. —- Saturn is surrounded by a thin fiat ring lying in the plane of its equator.This ring is probably less than a hundred miles thick. Thepart of it nearest Saturn reflects little sunlight to us; so thatit has a dusky appearance, and is not easily seen, althoughit is not quite so dark as the sky… … Fig. sg;. ASTRONOMY. 263 the ring is a much brighter portion, and outside of thisanother, which is somewhat fainter, but still so much brighterthan the dusky part as to be easily seen. The width of thebrighter parts of the ring is over three times the earthsdiameter. To distinguish the parts, the…
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