Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 268
urn are subject to eclipse, but in con-sequence of the great inclinations of their orbits to the PLANETS AND SATELLITES. 263 plane of the ecliptic, their eclipses are of less frequent oc-currence than those of Jupiter. When the ring is seenedgewise, the first 7 appear to move back and forth with… … Fi£. Saturn and his Satellites. The names, distances from Saturn, and diameters of thesatellites, so far as known, are given in the following tabletaken from Chambers Astronomy. TABLE. Number. Name. Distance from Saturn in miles. Approximate Siderealdiameter in Period inmiles. days. I II III.... IV…
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