Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy, founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1899)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911. Celestial motions · Boston, Little, Brown and company · leaf 177
bit is inclined i° 26 tothe equator of Saturn; and as its nodes have a motion ofabout i° each day, the orbit returns to its previous position atthe end of every year. Dr Struves researches farther haveverified from observation the remarkable connection existingbetween the orbits and motions of… … Q PP o< 6Q P o |.•J <q The Planets 131 Saturn is unique among the planets in the posses-sion of a ring, or rather system of concentric rings,surrounding it within the orbits of all its satellites..When Galileo first, saw Saturn with a telescope, hewas astonished to see what he thought a small…
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