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tune’s satellite in 1846. All of the satellites
of Uranus have retrograde motion, and their
ˆ
orbits are inclined about 80A to the eclip-
tic.
The spectroscope has shown the exis-
tence of an absorbing atmosphere on Jupiter
and Saturn, and there are suspicions that
they partake something of the character of
the sun, and emit some light besides reflect-
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