Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 97
to the planet, and to eachother ? They are directly over his equator, the first about20,000 miles from his surface, and 20,000 miles wide.There is then an opening of 2,000 miles, when we cometo the exterior «ring, which is 10,000 miles wide. 409. How is it known that these Rings are separate from… … PERPENDICULAR VIEW OF TUIRINGS OF SATURN. [1. The writer has oftenseen the opening betweenthe body of the planet andthe interior ring, as distinct-ly as it appears to the stu-dent in the adjoining cut. 2. This is an oblique viewof the rings, and about thebest that can be obtained.It represents the…
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