Jupiter Passes
Behind the Moon "OCCULT ATION LAST NIGHT” Dike a brilliant jewel, the planet Jupiter flared on tlie faint edge of the lunar disc lust- evening, before the machinery of the heavens carried it behind the moon, in what is known to scientists as an “occultation.” The passing of Jupiter behind the moon is a fairly rare phenomenon, and it was watched by many astronomers, professional and amateur. A clear sky allowed the bright planet to be seen approaching the moon. At 8.21, tlie predicted time, Jupiter, which had been dwindling in size, disappeared altogether. An hour later the sky was clear enough to allow observation of the planet’s reappearance. The two bodies were by that time a small distance apart. Though clouds sometimes obscured the sky, tlie planet could be seen unusually near the moon, until well after midnight.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 590, 16 February 1929, Page 6
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141Jupiter Passes Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 590, 16 February 1929, Page 6
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