Show jupiter and ilis moons TUB peculiar bull anew 0 jupiter renders him a cromli out object t ie eastern sky lu tl u nei 11 nl ere he vies with mils in he is 01 e of tl a wl aih beia discovered in the early ages when he na sui to be clr leidl dof storm and tempee 1 giuy et en thought that lightning owed its angia to this planet jupiter is the giant among the plan ets being one tenth the size of the SUB in diameter if be seen at the distance of the moon ha would occupy twelve hundred times the space of the full maon ills diameter of miles gives him the enormous volume of all the other planets combined i et his addy is only ten hours in length ri e axis is so slightly inclined that there is but little difference in the length of the days ind nights each of aich is about alve hours in duration it is supposed that the planet Is en in dense clouds through which the light cannot penetrate in the tele scope a number of dusky bells are seen lying more or less parallel to the equa tor just above the equator is a becu lierly shaped region varying in color from a deep rose red to the palest pink the color fades almost en out but th outline of the spot remains always the same a long oval with pointed ends astronomers hardly hazard an opinion as to what it i medely stating that it probably covers a aglon of const iut disturbance jupiter s four moons were discovered by galileo as early as on janu ary ath of that year 1 saw three beall stars lying almost in a in e with the equator or a week 1 e watched them observing that they ehinger their poi tion in reference to t e planet at the end of that time he discovered fourth satellite the moons are not only distinguished by tl belr variety in size varying from tl e smallest two thousand milas in di ameter to the largest of thirty five hun dred miles but by their color as well the first and second have a bluish tint the third a yellow and the fourth a red dish shade through the great lick telescope a fifth satellite his recently been seen it appears as a tiny star in very rapid cromon prof barnard the discoverer arst saw it when jupiter himself was not in tie field of view hen the edge of tl e planet was admitted to sight the tiny dot of light became in visible in the glare of the planet ity careful the distin gulshen astronomer verified his suppo mitlon that the newly discovered point of light was in reality a ditth satellite it cannot oe seen by any glas of Is than twenty five inch or twenty six anh aperture the diew satellite Is not more than one bundled miles la di ameter and revolves arund alie greit clinet in eleven hours and fifty nine minutes the arst satellite goes through all its phases in one and three fourth days and th fourth moon in ess than twenty days hie evening sky in jupiter must be magnificent for besides alie stars five moons in their different phases illuminate the night r E in the louchs journal |