Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Lockyer, Winifred James, Mrs., d. 1879 · New York, C. Scribner & co. · leaf 189
y a distance of I20,00i.> miles; the most remote has anorbit of 2,293,000 miles from the centre of the planet.Saturn then governs a system which measures not less thanfour and a half millions of miL^s in diameter. By the side of this world the Earth makes but a poorfigure, and Micromegas was to… … Fig. 33 Saturn and its Sa^ellites that which distinguishes our ow^n diversifies them : a re-generating spring succeeds the rigour of winter; summerand autumn pour forth tlieir alternate fruits. But the pheno-menon which draws most attention to this world is thatgigantic ring which surrounds it. It…
Astronomy
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