Difference between revisions of "Saturn"

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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_170897" /> ==
 
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The metal lead. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time. </p>
Saturn <ref name="term_79446" />
       
<p> The planet of the solar system whose orbit is outside that of Jupiter, is 880 millions of miles from the sun, round which it takes 10,759 days or nearly 30 years to revolve, revolving on its own axis in about 10½ hours; its diameter is nine times greater than that of the earth; it is surrounded by bright rings that appear as three, and is accompanied by eight moons; the rings are solid, and are supposed to consist of a continuous belt of moons. </p>
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_79441" /> ==
 
<p> In the Roman mythology a primitive god of agriculture in Italy, often confounded with the Greek Kronos, the father of Zeus, and sovereign of the [[Golden]] Age; was represented as an old man bearing a sickle. </p>
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<ref name="term_79446"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/saturn+(2) Saturn from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_170897"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/saturn Saturn from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_79441"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/saturn Saturn from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Latest revision as of 18:58, 15 October 2021

Saturn [1]

The planet of the solar system whose orbit is outside that of Jupiter, is 880 millions of miles from the sun, round which it takes 10,759 days or nearly 30 years to revolve, revolving on its own axis in about 10½ hours; its diameter is nine times greater than that of the earth; it is surrounded by bright rings that appear as three, and is accompanied by eight moons; the rings are solid, and are supposed to consist of a continuous belt of moons.

References

  1. ↑ Saturn from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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