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  Saturn and its System 79

Fig. X. Saturn's Rings
Fig. X. Saturn's Rings.
Old
Determination.
New
Determination.
Outer radius outer ring A 84000 85700
Encke's division . . 80000 81010
Inner radius outer ring A 74000 75300
Cassini's division . . 73200 73620
Outer radius ring B . . 72400 71900
Inner radius ring B . . 56200 54700
Outer radius ring C . . 56200 54700
Inner radius ring C . . 46700 43900
Planet radius... . . 37500 37000


Gaps occasioned by Mimas.Let us note these gaps and edges and then calculate what perturbing effect the satellites would exert. The satellites which would have the great-