46 A. Hinrichs on the Density, Rotation, and Age of the Planets. 
The Rings of Saturn are represented by the hosts of asteroids, 
which already in the first age intersect the orbit of our earth, 
but in the fourth age will closely encroach the sun, and (perhaps | 
together with those meteorites which are not intercepted by any — 
of the planets) may form continuous rings around the tort 
either on account of their number, or because they probably will — 
become melted; they will form not one ring, but rings, because — 
they will approach the sun according to the amount of their 
actor », just as detritus is deposited in horizontal layers of 
variable fineness. . 
The jour inner moons of Saturn, being very close to each other — 
and to the primary, will be represented by the four dnterior 
planets, for these also are at the fourth age very close together 
and very near the sun, being altogether within the present dis- 
tance of Mercury. The distances are, then, for the planets [see 
results of (12) ]: ae 
Mercury 6, Mars 24, Venus 29, Earth 40; 7 
for the Moons of Saturn, now, io 
Mimas 3°36, Enceladus 431, Tethys 5:34, Dione 684 
or whilst the planetary distances will be as a 
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the corresponding lunar distances are now as 
26724. 
or only differing in the first number. a 
The four outer moons of Saturn, now, correspond in configuration — 
to the four exterior planets at age four ; for the first three of each — 
are about equidistant, the fourth far above the rest. ‘he dis 
tances of the planets then are ; 
Jupiter 360, Saturn 454, Uranus 596, Neptune 1504, 
and of the moons are now | oe 
Rhea 955, Titan 22-14, Hyperion 28-00, Japetus 6485, 
or the relative distances are, a 
for the Planets as 7:9:12: 30, 
for the Moonsas 4:9:12: 26, 
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oleae! we must from the smaller distance (4 instead of 7) 
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