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In the present chapter we shall consider the present-day data about three classes of discs: (1) discs around planets; (2) disc systems around stars; (3) galactic discs.
Lear: “Your eyes are in a heavy case, your purse in a light: yet you see how this world goes.”
Gloster: “I see it feelingly.”
Lear: “What, art mad? A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears ...”
W. Shakespeare, King Lear,Act IV, Scene VI.
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Fridman, A.M., Gorkavyi, N.N. (1999). Observational Data. In: Physics of Planetary Rings. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03918-2_2
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