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THE AsrERoIDe AND THn GIANT fLAhkrs.
I now pass from these planets to the asteroids.
There are now known 132 of these minor planets.
There In n theory In thu books that the asteroids
| are produced BY the burning Of planets. Thi. Is
not correct. Observations on the orbits which
demoliah that theory.
JuprrRp-
Consider tn. enornou. .i.. Of Jupiter. W. a.
10. - ~ @ W so1s9s MN osa .ts Is.re.
Hors i nS GnsrehSs aisossshsr too srsat to Be re
gsrded q ainsrsnSs Q. degree y eims ss.s
" III 1 W 0ynSe =, sIse. - an
Fly Isd M, s1aV H. ~ ,sh @ i;vs and
ma clear evidence o. tnat as We consider MN.
soa - y 4u ioyA IN wv ,SSa ~ ~ ~.
Mars and Mercury; altogether different from
those which We have been dealing with In Ju-
Rtsr you have bands o. clouds which have some
But our trade.wind ,one: and bands Of clouds
upon the equator would not be visible from dis
tant planet. -
is onefoarth the real density fthe earth and cor
responds with that or the sun, ana this seems %
give An sxpls.ation Of the ditAcalty: Ths grsct
bis stmosphsre dense, but his enormous heat sx-
pands the atmosphere, and instead OF being .
e os GLOBE We have globe less dense than the
There are no features in Jupiter like those in
the earth; and all goes to show planet more Of
sfi n giving Ss 81
stones, shines three times Is brightly, it shine.
Or 5u, sa' 1sls p S as
you might say that 1t was only these clouds shin
Ing that We see; but IL point Of taet Jupiter does
almost that there must BE- an inherent light 10 IL
planet gives Il out, 9 must be At . heat CORE
Of Jupiter may b. bod., vel.
lighted, though not intended to supply light to
With All the ss the
get from the full moon: They are Illuminated by
the small sun Of Jupiter, which is but the one
twenty.nnn part 81 our sun In size. Everything
Of trsnsndOSs activity. - 'p'''' W. 1-'' . scene
THE RING SYSTEM o. s.rrp,
No. to hi. brother giant. the planet Saturn,
Saturn correspond Il lind e those .h.. exist On
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~ -, =, Ia,.,.sNk swon.y-anS ZSsn
The sxs Of Ssturp 4 ineiine3 vsSy %ucs =. Nv
oaa ss.ns Hs, ineinea, put the sqaatoeiai bolt
the eciinfic II ssens ~ ~ ro.sts"r 81 49,
IT is produced BY forcS residing in the planet it.
ring Of q
light on Saturn, and mixing up for want Of The
Low ing: cut
y IL ss s IL ss q W W. .I 1s
But the planet changes and the ring shifts in
position Backward q forward q me year pro
.HsG q Part Of tss
cuts Oh the light. FIVE are to say the Aimiehsy
intended that 20 bs the abode Of lie, W have Il
q q &. sSnr bi
IN devised: Il seems as q the only time tlP ri1G
when he ring cane saa eas "a
II on tor short time, but for eight and 8 half
years certain portion Of sunlight g cut o1, and
By the ing the whole Of the
a. The PIsnst Mar. and ssrssIHiy :: large . Msf.
the case Of Jupiter those 6uf orbs Of Jupiter cor
resPond in z very singular way to the four orbs
which form the innerfamily Of the sun. The dis
Mar, Earth, and Venus-ars represented BY tie
numbers l. !, 10, 10. The distances Of the four
satellites Of Jupiter are represented by numbers,
40. =; ~ ~ oo' = o,s w. Ia very close re-
The largest of
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Ihh sAFALLiTks OF SATURN
9 called Titan, and 1t Is certainly larger than |
Mercury, and Probably a. large ~ Mars. How /
,plendid must b the scene which the planet |
s though scene Of sneh Nonderful beauty vas |
not intended TO remain without speotAtorl Il |
presents through the teleeoope the most beautiful
,olort, the most wondeff94 symmetIy-ell pre-
tented to the tnhabtta1ts, u Inhabitants there BE-
II seems to me that Neptune and Uranus pre- /
'ent an intermediate condition. They are not /
lsfEe enough 70 % supposed nj TO 30 the centres
d schemes Of worlds 70 glye out heat and light /
They are further away from the sun than Jupiter |
Ind Saturn. But II seems % me they might very |
Nell b In an nterpf3iate condition, and sttll 70
ain enough q the hat they originally poesssssd
. % the soodes o. light and eeat.th:t 70, IN
" w Srs.tgfss: ..,..
WHAT want you Q notice u the divistoe Of the
!olar family into two psrts, perfectly distinct |
rom eace other; and I vas veTy .glsd 70 SO, In
ne rscent gatheItng o. the Amerieap aseoetauso
or the Advancement Of eeaepoe, that distin.
luished methematieiaa o. yours, Prof. Peirce Of
ne COAST survey, nas arrived q the conclusion
hat Jupitsr and Saturn are really unlike the
'arth. He arrived u his conclusions from mathe-
netice! results eoucso from the formation OF
nose planets % the nebular hypothesis; come
o mine BY different path, but the conclusions
re the same. SO that really think We may
peak confidently that Jupiter and Saturn are
lot what they have been supposed to be, but are
lml-eun1, 0lounct from the inner plAnots.