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" seems above all to confirm the idea of an intimate relation between all the minor planets; it is, that, if their orbits are figured under the form of material rings, these rings will be found so entangled, that it would be possible, by means of one among... "
A Short Course in Astronomy: And the Use of the Globes - Page 105
by Henry Kiddle - 1870 - 190 pages
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Descriptive Astronomy

George Frederick Chambers - Astronomy - 1867 - 888 pages
...planets ; it is, that, if their orbits are figured under the form of material rings, these rings will be found so entangled, that it would be possible, by means of one among them taken at hazard, to lift up all the rest." The circumstances which led originally to a search for planetary...
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The Heavens: An Illustrated Handbook of Popular Astronomy

Amédée Guillemin - Astronomy - 1867 - 588 pages
...planets ; it is, that, if their orbits are figured under the form of material rings, these rings will be found so entangled, that it would be possible, by means of one among thern taken at hazard, to lift up all the rest." At the time when these lines were written, only 14...
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A New Manual of the Elements of Astronomy: Descriptive and Mathematical ...

Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1868 - 300 pages
...cross each other, so as to give the idea of constant and inevitable collisions. " If," says D" Arrest, of Copenhagen, " these orbits were figured under the...approach within very short distances of each other. The orbit of Fortuna, for example, approaches the orbit of Metis within less than the moon's distance...
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A New Manual of the Elements of Astronomy: Descriptive and Mathematical ...

Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1870 - 300 pages
....337, or more than one-third; the least eccentric is that of Europa, which is only .004, or 3 l 0 . a. These orbits are not concentric ; but if represented...approach within very short distances of each other. The orbit of Fortuna, for example, approaches the orbit of Metis within less than the moon's distance...
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The Heavens: An Illustrated Handbook of Popular Astronomy

Amédée Guillemin - Astronomy - 1871 - 464 pages
...planets; it is, that, if their orbits are figured under the form of material rings, these rings will be found so entangled, that it would be possible, by means of one among them taken at hazard, to lift up all the rest." At the time when these lines were written, only 14 asteroids were...
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Elementary Lessons in Astronomy

Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1871 - 464 pages
...planets : it is, that if their orbits are figured under the form of material rings, these rings will be found so entangled that it would be possible, by means of one among them, taken at hazard, to lift up all the rest." 286. 0 Pallas has been supposed, from its hazy appearance, to be...
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The Heavens: An Illustrated Handbook of Popular Astronomy

Amédée Guillemin - Astronomy - 1871 - 462 pages
...planets; it is, that, if their orbits are figured under the form of material rings, these rings will be found so entangled, that it would be possible, by means of one among them taken at hazard, to lift up all the rest.' At the time when these lines were written, only 14 asteroids were...
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The Heavens, an Illus. Handbook of Popular Astronomy

Amédée Guillemin - Astronomy - 1872 - 460 pages
...planets ; it is, that, if their orbits are figured under the form of material rings, these rings will be found so entangled, that it would be possible, by means of one among them taken at hazard, to lift up all the rest.' ' s At the time when thes; lines were written, only 14 asteroids...
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Elements of Astronomy: Accompanied with Numerous Illustrations, a Colored ...

Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1874 - 332 pages
...planets : it is, that if their orbits are figured under the form of material rings, these rings will be found so entangled that it would be possible, by means of one among them, taken at hazard, to lift up all the rest It is probable that the largest of the asteroids have been discovered...
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The heavens [tr. by W. Lockyer] ed. by J.N. Lockyer

Amédée Victor Guillemin - 1876 - 476 pages
...planets ; it is, that, if their orbits are figured under the form of material rings, these rings will be found so entangled, that it would be possible, by means of one among them taken at hazard, to lift up all the rest.' At the time when these lines were written, only 14 asteroids were...
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