The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-27

Ansthsr Astronoonal Wonder-Occultation
o. Double Star.
n s announced that the evening OF the 2e.h inst
tho Delta, In the constellation Gemni, Is 70 pass be-
bind the pAne Saturn Circumstance that has not
red within several hundred years Should the weather be
favorable interesting observations will doubtless be
made II principal observaories and some hight may
be thrown upon the uton OF Saturn Of the most
remarkable bodies engng solar system. Ono OF
ehe ncst curious subjects 10 which modern investigation
hss applied Itself Is thai OF the plurality Of worlds BY
this expression designated the doubt whether any
Of the planets In sys,em besides own Is inhabited
by beings Ike ourselves; and Dr. Whately has wcn an
able work TO prove that they not If particular Ans
Kcgy be Q erou dwork than general It will be found
difficult his arguments aud In spite Of the able
antagous Of Sir Dsvio Brewster the Doctors theory 10
rather gaining ground Tn this occasion, then, tho sP
preaching occulsop may only bear upon his theory,
but may settle Of vexcd questions In relation 70
EAurn himself
This panet one Of the exterior superior class, or In
other words outside Of the orbit Of the earn snd nero
FORE farther from the sun, being nine hundred ana three
millions or miles dtsnt has eight satellites which, &C
cofdng Of astronomers and for tho sake OF
she harmony Of their arrangements aud nomenclature
bsye the NEUROLOGICAL Of Aimas Enceadus Tethys
uta,e Titan Iatetus and Hyperion Six OF these revove
In the plane Of the EQUATOR the others dverge from It
He moves around the once In twenty nine years i've
months and fourteen days though his deres true
volutlon Is, according TO Humboldt something more. He
ros.es upon his axis 10 ten hours twenty nine minutes
and seventeen seconds; yet ind Id late edition Of
oArsCo" edit by distinguished English scholar, that
ne rakee his during the period OF his
solar revolution. Thls, however, Is error which Is
easily over.hrown
aurn one thousand times larger than the earth, and
lc tsfr ba anioy hut
Che enc pnete port Of light ind his force Of gravity
Is but and eighth part OF Besides having
belts Ike Jupiter, be has the peculiarly OF possessing
rigs dscoverei by Euyseps In 1860 The telescope with
which be made this discovery attn exists In London In
good order ard has been proposed again 10 examine
enc planet witt this ipstrumen 10 II the image which
Tint astronomer then described has been unchanged In Its
nspects This, Of course would be test experiment Of
soo,e importance notwithstanding ell his satellites and
rings according TO Sir John Hersche the Inhabitants OF
saturz must doomed to Geen years privaon OF light
Of tbs SUM- beneath dark side OF the rings before they
can enjoy egan-sn Idea which il certainly full Of hor
ros and which would be incompatible with our own ply
stcai Organization or po ~crs OF endurance.
It Is dtHcuh to form an idea Of the body OF
EN-, planet It Is lighter than cork or water, and
@ supposed by many European and some of
or own to be (rngs md ally but mass Of
vapoe "wh continued variability and division Of rings"
a
Dorems Lis che meal lectures, shows how fluid body
regoivrg Its axis may throw ell rugs like Saturn,
which afterwards be ak up into pieces and bccome satel
Lts This effected by pouring colored oil into jar of
cobo and water, mixed In ceytaa proportions, and then
causing 10 revolve inserted wire or glass tube.
Taese rings however, instead OF being only In
Der have been found 70 be at least ave two obscure,
nearest tho planet and three bright beyond them,
axd R Is the opinion OF Strive and countryman
Bond taa tao ANGULAR system Of Saturn about TO be
wholly absorbed by tho planet lsclf They 10 this
conclusion by comparing the descriptions OF Huygens with
chs appear which they themselves have observed
TITS opinion, II viii bo rcrocyed, would not tally with the
byphess which Is supported by the beautiful expert.
meot OF DoremGs.
Will then be perceived by readers thai the occult-
soc which IA may furnish with solution
q Of Our most interesting problems Should the po-
aon OF the rings DO favorable for obseryatuhe dis
lance between them and the surface Of Saturn being about
10000 mliesn is quite probable that their number
be determined and possibly their audy by tho laws VI
resaeton, well @ the character OF their light, for the
outer rings brighter than the nuer tbosc
deserrriaable By observation this OCCASION ehsl
nso be able penetrate o. the mysteries OF creation
ard ssce-ta.n whether the world making system Il ye
c,sy around With the extreme minute density OF
surn says Humboldt scarcely three 1hs thai OF water
aad ~ decrease tosnds the surface, Is dlcu TO form
n conception OF the molecular condition or mttsris
co1sttalion OF the body OF the planet, or even TO
decide whether this constitution presrpposcs nuidiiy
OF sdidiy, Ike that merely Of pumlce stone cork,
or zee. We learn from the Authority that NJ Kor-
ncr, TIE astronomer OF the Kru6cElcrn Expedition, (,us
s-) considers these rings train Of clouds, and tho
vspors. Our asroromers Bond and Fcroo,
have already stated, DOUBT the stability OF these
rugs de,oclsg, they believe. variability and dvisi
city o. the ouer ring. CSce Goud's Astronomical Jour
EAl, 1851, vOl 2, page Ia
to the Sodca constellation Of Gcmin the Twins and
named af,cr the fourth letter OF tho Crock alphabet II
double star or OFFICIALLY double only opposed TO b.
nary STARE which really connected by system OF their
own snd revove abort each ether Such for example
Castor the conselai star Of the nrs, mag
utuds. saturn ls evening star, and the ocsua.
rOn will said also place while he only four degrees
above the horizon, circumstance which render
accurate observation in this city quite on, Of tho
question
Neither the Tdtgicai h'aoHE nor the hm1icgr Airs-
vac Zoe this year give any hint ~ tis oocuiaou
Ehc hour al which the plano, sets. The Eglh almanacs
calculated Cor the latitude and oagudc Of rccnwich do
and such Of readers FAM Jar with "a. suhct
can make the corrections Cor ihcmsovcs We take the
fNc Folcly from statement which appears 90 " oal,
and believe that the elements ~ tbs occuion have been
carefully made at Cemortdgc. where, with their hno 10
made Tho place II Castor, IN the constellation
with the occultng star, laid down the Creef Sgs
Nosiai hlaondc for The prcsost year since writing
Sbis, learn tina, saturn WI act n. O'Clock AMI
minutes, and The immersion behind the otter rms will be
nj h. ~ M. behind saturn b. A. m Immersion from
behind Saturn a. 81 EMERSON ron behind the outer
rnE h. 9 m Saturn will be in Hne with Castor
and rrocyo1.
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