A text-book of general astronomy : for colleges and scientific schools (1888)
Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908 · Boston ; London : Ginn & Company · leaf 532
s near the inner edgeof the ring would control the rotation, having a greater moment of THE ROTATION OF THE PLANETS. 519 rotation with respect to M, where the planet is supposed to be formed,than those at the outer edge. The rotation, therefore, will beretrograde, on account of their greater… … Fig. 233. — Rotation of Planets formed from Rings according to the Nebular Hypothesis. with respect to JV is greater for the particles beyond JV (because oftheir greater distance from it) than that of the swifter moving parti-cles within, and this determines a direct rotation. The fact that the…
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