Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of the Motions (real and Apparent) and Telescopic Appearance of the Planet Saturn, its Satellites, and ... and Jupiter; and the Habitability of Saturn - Couverture rigide
Présentation de l'éditeur
Saturn and its system. It might appear, at first sight, that a single planet, however interestino; or elaborate the scheme of which it is the centre, should rather be made the subject of a chapter than of a volume, even of the moderate dimensions of the present. It will be found, however, that much that is contained in these pages, is apphcable, with suitable changes in matters of detail, to all the members of the solar system. The inquiry into the nature of the rings, inC hapter V., jdeals with a subject not uninteresting, I think, on its own account, but which gathers an additional interest from its bearing on the speculations of Laplace. It is not altogether impossible that in the variations perceptibly proceeding in theS aturnian ring-system a key may one day be found to the law of development under which the solar system has reached its present condition. Certain points of resemblance between the relations of Saturn and our earth, as respects the variations of their seasons, have induced me to devote somewhat more space to the consideration of the celestial phenomena presented to theS aturnians than the nature of the subject might appear to warrant.
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