THE PLANET JUPITER.
The Berlin newspapers direct attention to the appearance which the planet Jupiter just now presents. A Vermillion coloured spot covers a space equal to one fiftieth of the whole visible surface. It is situated in the northern hemisphere of the planet, and is ellipttical in shape, and the astronomers dctelare that it is an affection of the planetary body itself, and not of its atmosphere. There is no record of a similar phenomenon having been previously observed, and the explanation generally given is that it indicates that some great disturbances are in progress within the planetary substance. We may obtain some notion of the extent of the disturbance by noting that the si£e of the spot with reference to the whole area of of Jupiter’s surface is as large as the whole of Europe is with reference to the surface of the earth.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1038, 28 January 1880, Page 3
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146THE PLANET JUPITER. Kumara Times, Issue 1038, 28 January 1880, Page 3
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