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The advocates of this theory pointed to Saturn's rings as an illustration of the birth of a planet, or, rather, in that case a satellite. According to this, the major planets have had a far longer separate existence than the minor, which would account for their being so advanced notwithstanding their size.
Respecting Saturn's rings it may be further remarked that the place of their occurrence is not without significance. Rings detached early in the process of concentration, consisting of gaseous matter having extremely little power of cohesion, can have little ability to resist the disruptive forces due to imperfect balance; and, therefore, collapse into satellites.
This process, indefinitely continued, would result in the total disappearance of the rings Saturn would finally swallow them, as the old god from whom the planet gets its name is fabled to have swallowed his children. Near the beginning of this chapter reference was made to the fact that Saturn's rings have been regarded as habitable bodies.
Similar views are expressed by the lyric poet PINDAR in the following lines: All whose steadfast virtue thrice Each side the grave unchanged hath stood, Still unseduced, unstained with vice They, by Jove's mysterious road, Pass to Saturn's realm of rest Happy isle, that holds the blest; Where sea-born breezes gently blow O'er blooms of gold that round them glow, Which Nature, boon from stream or strand Or goodly tree, profusely showers; Whence pluck they many a fragrant band, And braid their locks with never-fading flowers.
In this respect the mystic Swedenborg appears to have had a clearer conception of the true nature of Saturn's rings than did Dr. In view of such observations as that of Prof.
The discovery of Uranus, and of its satellites; of the fifth and sixth satellites of Saturn; of the many spots at the poles of Mars; of the rotation of Saturn's ring; of the belts of Saturn; of the rotation of Jupiter's satellites; of the daily period of Saturn and Venus; and of the motions of binary sidereal systems, added to his investigations into nebulae, the Milky Way, and double, triple, and multiple stars; all this we owe to his patient, his persevering, his daring genius!
Discovery of Saturn's Sixth and Seventh Satellites; with Remarks on the Constitution of the Ring, on the Planet's Rotation round an Axis, on its Spheroïdal Form, and on its Atmosphere. On Saturn's Satellites, and the Rotation of the Ring round an Axis. Phil. Trans., vol. lxxxi. On the Nebulous Stars and the Suitableness of this Epithet. Phil. Trans., vol. lxxxii.
It seemed to her the hour when earth and sky would burst asunder, and all things be swallowed up in Saturn's fiery lake; but she knew that a new heaven and a new earth would arise, and that corn-fields would wave where now the lake rolled over desolate sands, and the ineffable God reign.
These accessions of moving matter, continually received at and near its equator, will cause Cosmos to spread out like Saturn's rings till it becomes flat, though the balance of forces will be so perfect that it is doubtful whether an animal or a man placed there would feel much change.
With Saturn's eight moons, the case is almost precisely similar. Their average distance is nearly three times greater than that of our Moon; but as Saturn's diameter is about 9 times greater than the Earth's, his bodyguards are really between 3 and 4 times nearer to their principal than ours is to us.
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