Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 223
Fig. 38.—Appearance of Satum when the plane of the ring-system passesthrough the Earth. latter case the planet is to the north of the ecliptic, andtherefore in a better position for observation in northernlatitudes ; and in the foiTner it is below the ecliptic, andwe see less of the southern… … hig. 39.—Saturn, as seen when the north surface of the rings is presented lothe Earth. 395. Fig. 37 shows the same effect of inclination inthe case of the rings of Saturn. The plane of the ringsis inclined to the axis, and, like the axis, always remains A PPA RENT MO VEMENTS 189 parallel to itself.…
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