The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-30

l0an1ed oy these satellites, is a reproduct.o,
"a sne image OF the sun itself in the midst
| n as l1s AOur nearer planets-Mercurv Vanns
mars and the earth-for the distances 49,
EeiatlVe volumes Of JupIter's four satellite a.
lorin system which is singularIv ANAL
oSOuS 20 that OF tie four first planets Of thu
great solar system. - ''''
Eacn one Of the four worlds of the Jovian
SysIem mas Its special years. It's days, and,
uouOtisss, also It's seasons. aud the inhabit.
ants OF each CT them have also The $500
Ieasohs tor believing themselves at the
CenSSr OF the entire universe as the inhabit-
anus OF our little earth who. during "a
many ages, have dreamed the same dream
10 tnem Jupiter's globe has the aspect % a
glgantlc moon which is capable of effect
uaiiy compromising for the small quantity
OF ngnt they receive from the sun. Re-.
garded from the first of the satellites hisim.
Inense globe appears l 400 times greater in
surface than on full moon.
What a colossusl Even from tba ortar-
most satellite the apparent surface ofi.Tnni-
ter stun exceeds by seventy-fve times that
which the moon exhibits to US What mac
innocent sights are to be Contemplated from
these observations. Colossal jupiter is the
most marvellous object of their heavens: 10
MIN he ls the sovereign of the universe
the true Jupiter-and they admire him no
less tnan we admire the sun. For to them
tne sun Is only small, brilliant disk. while
viewed from the first satellite the immense
giooe OF Jupiter exceeds it by 35, 900 times.
Let us add the magic colorations which
decorate this with glowing tints. from
orange and red to violet and purple; let us
aao also the rapid changes produced in its
appearance by its rotary motion, and we
snaIi nave an approximate idea of the mag
nlncence OF the picture as seen from these
four worlds as they are carried along hy
the giant star into the far-off depths of inn
mensity.
And now last question. and one Of per-
sonal interest: What effect does the earth
produce as seen from up yonder. Assuredly
very ordinary effect as regards our van
lty. Ii is very probable that the inhabitants
OF Jupiter and the planets beyond consider
the region of the solar system in which we
I'VE as empty. II Jupiter and the earth
were to exchange situations the inhabitants
OF the former would see our globe as q pale
star or the sixth magnitude, and scarcely
perceptible to the naked eve.
Just as Uranus appears to us. But
in the position that we occupy with
respect to Jupiter, the earth, at the moment
OF conjunction, Is, like Venus, subjected to
phases which render the whole or greater
part OF its disk invisible. Almost always
lost amid the solar rays. it would appear
like a black point when an observer on Ju-
plter CHANGED to see it pass across the disk
of the sun, and not, as Fontenelle supposed,
with the aspect Of a star visible at night.
This little black point has not as much i'm
portance in the eyes of the inhabitants of Ju-
pitor as that which Mr.. Bismarck attaches
to the momentary possession of one of his
minute provinces, and, were it known on
this far distant world that certain philoso-
nh Of tha l. - 4
that the whole universe was created and
put in the world on purpose for them there
is reason to believe the whole population of
the four worlds of Jupiter would be seized
with q fit of laughter worthy of being sung
by Homer, and that the uproar produced
would be so great that it might well be
heard here.