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 96
to the earth? How wouldthey appear if either pole of Saturn were toward us ! 92 ASTRONOMY plane of his orbit (123), which is very near the ecHptic(108); and as the rings revolve over his equator, and atright angles with his axis, they also remain parallel tothemselves. The revolution of the planet… … I, Here i Rrst, that the axis of Saturn, like those of all the other pi remains permanent, i S . and as the vines are in the plane o( his or, and at ri^ht ancles with his axis, they also must remain parallel to theimwhatever position the planet may oeenpy in its orbit. -. Tins being the ease, it is…
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