Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1901)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 171
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 Mimas… … I? i * ►J Si I*, h. O <? Pi o -Jo h- X «-« .; > 2 W v w) k o <- kJ ^ C* <! w £ ■a H K ^ H i*, 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…
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