A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1853)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, F. J. Huntingdon [etc.] · leaf 131
here represented. 272. These satellites all revolve eastward with therings of the planet, in orbits nearly circular, and, withthe exception of the eighth, in the plane of the rings.Their mean distances, respectively, from the planets cen- 270. What discovery by observing these eclipses? (Illustrate… … 128 ASTRONOMY ter are from 123,000 to 2,366,000 miles; and their pe-riods from 22 hours to 79 days, according to their dis-tances. The distances and periods of the satellites of Saturn are as follows: Distance in miles. Perioilic times. Distance in miles. Periodic times 1st 123,000 0 day 22 hours.…
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