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vian days, and two or three full moons. The
sixth and seventh satellites were found by
the examination of photographic plates at
the Lick Observatory in 1905, since which
time they have been continuously photographed,
and their orbits traced, at Greenwich. On
examining these plates in 1908 Mr. Melotte
detected the eighth satellite, which seems
to be revolving in a retrograde orbit three
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