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82 | The Solar System |
RELATIVE SIZE AND POSITION OF THE SATELLITES.
No. | Name. | Diameter in Miles. |
Distance from Saturn in Miles. | |||||||
I. | Mimas | . | . | . | 800 | . | . | . | . | 117,000 |
II. | Enceladus | . | . | . | 800 | . | . | . | . | 150,000 |
III. | Tethys | . | . | . | 1,200 | . | . | . | . | 186,000 |
IV. | Dione | . | . | . | 1,100 | . | . | . | . | 238,000 |
V. | Rhea | . | . | . | 1,500 | . | . | . | . | 332,000 |
VI. | Titan | . | . | . | 3,500 | . | . | . | . | 771,000 |
VII. | Hyperion | . | . | . | 500 | . | . | . | . | 934,000 |
VIII. | lapetus | . | . | . | 2,000 | . | . | . | . | 2,225,000 |
Relative position of the masses of the satellites.It will be seen that the largest Titan - occupies a central position in the line. This might seem accidental until one recalls the fact that Jupiter, the largest of the planets, holds the same relative place in the solar system: for the planetary system tabulated in the same way is as follows :—
SOLAR SYSTEM.
No. | Name. | Diameter in miles. |
Distance from Sun in Millions of Miles. | |||||||||
I. | Mercury | . | . | . | 3,300 | . | . | . | . | . | 36 | |
II. | Venus | . | . | . | 7,630 | . | . | . | . | . | 67 | |
III. | Earth | . | . | . | 7,918 | . | . | . | . | . | 93 | |
IV. | Mars | . | . | . | 4,220 | . | . | . | . | . | 141 | |
V. | Asteroids | . | . | . | 10-500 | . | . | . | . | . | 250 | |
VI. | Jupiter | . | . | . | 86,500 | . | . | . | . | . | 483 | |
VII. | Saturn | . | . | . | 72,500 | . | . | . | . | . | 886 | |
VIII. | Uranus | . | . | . | 31,900 | . | . | . | . | . | 1,782 | |
IX. | Neptune | . | . | . | 34,800 | . | . | . | . | . | 2,792 |