Saturn and Its System: Containing Discussions of the Motions (real and Apparent) and Telescopic Appearance of the Planet Saturn, Its Satellites, and Rings; the Nature of the Rings; the Great Inequality of Saturn and Jupiter; and the Habitability of Saturn. To which are Appended Notes on Chaldæan Astronomy, Laplace's Nebular Theory, and the Habitability of the Moon; a Series of Tables with Explanatory Notes; and Explanations of Astronomical TermsLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1865 - 252 страници |
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... Inner Bright Ring Wray and O. Struve discover Nebulous Appendages Observations by Carpenter and Dawes Dimensions of Saturn's Globe and Rings 64 65 67 68 Compression of Saturn's Globe . Thickness of the Rings 69 70 Saturn's Mass ...
... Inner Bright Ring Wray and O. Struve discover Nebulous Appendages Observations by Carpenter and Dawes Dimensions of Saturn's Globe and Rings 64 65 67 68 Compression of Saturn's Globe . Thickness of the Rings 69 70 Saturn's Mass ...
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... Inner Satellites cannot be eclipsed by the Rings , except for places near Saturn's Equater ib . Satellites vary in apparent Magnitude as they traverse the Saturnian Sky ib . Jupiter and Uranus , only Planets visible from Saturn 184 ...
... Inner Satellites cannot be eclipsed by the Rings , except for places near Saturn's Equater ib . Satellites vary in apparent Magnitude as they traverse the Saturnian Sky ib . Jupiter and Uranus , only Planets visible from Saturn 184 ...
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... inner edge and Saturn's body . Four years before , on March 25th , 1655 , Huygens had made . another important discovery : by aid of the 12 - feet telescope already mentioned , he had detected a satellite attending on Saturn . Judging ...
... inner edge and Saturn's body . Four years before , on March 25th , 1655 , Huygens had made . another important discovery : by aid of the 12 - feet telescope already mentioned , he had detected a satellite attending on Saturn . Judging ...
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... inner satellites move in planes very nearly coincident with the plane of the rings , while the fifth moves in a * Cassini also used object - glasses of 200 and 300 feet focal length , and Auzout con- structed glasses having focal ...
... inner satellites move in planes very nearly coincident with the plane of the rings , while the fifth moves in a * Cassini also used object - glasses of 200 and 300 feet focal length , and Auzout con- structed glasses having focal ...
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... inner ; he observed also the shadow of the ring on Saturn , * and the shadow of Saturn on the ring . He confirmed Huygens ' observation of belts on Saturn's disc , and found that , like the belts of Jupiter , they vary in form and ...
... inner ; he observed also the shadow of the ring on Saturn , * and the shadow of Saturn on the ring . He confirmed Huygens ' observation of belts on Saturn's disc , and found that , like the belts of Jupiter , they vary in form and ...
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