Elements of astronomy: accompanied with numerous illustrations, a colored representation of the solar, stellar, and nebular spectra, and celestial charts of the northern and the southern hemisphere (1875)
Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 155
een thought to be; last of all comes evidence thatthe smaller divisions in the various rings are subject tochange, and that the ring-system itself is probably increas-ing in breadth, and approaching the planet. 283. Fig. 63 will give an idea of the appearance pre-sented by Saturn and its strange… … Fig. 63.—Saturn and the Eakxh—Comparative Size. 284. The ring-system is situated in the plane of theplanets equator, and its dimensions are as follows :— specting the rings of Saturn. 283. Do wc always see the same part of the ring-system ? 284. In what plane is the ring-system situated ? What is…
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