The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-04
4 DOURLE srAR.
venus and Jupiter Are 20 Close ToEether a,
to Appear AS One.

10 Appear as One.
Last evening az the orb Of DAY tolaft
face IN the pink of his dying blusles a..,
filing a cioudless sky with an enticae l
which drew forth the population like Clio 81
impulses OF verdant spring. tlree 'e...
planets assumed control ~ night 5 iI.l.-
tiOn-planets OK lesser lri..iaucv but .-..
cendently beautiful and tho cyn0su1eof er...
eye-the Noon, Jupiter and Venus. d coast.
lation rare III rs combination a celestial m,
delier Outsnlnlng all other heavenly l,I :, .~i
adding greatly 20 tie beauty of tla eye.
sky.
Every one who has looked westward
nighIiall for the week past must need,
seen the j~uXtapOsitlOn Ot Jupiter and t
as these two brilliant planets have f...
nearer and nearer night by night.
During the present week tlev Will @. rt.-.
& approach one another until ODD Sst.rl
m0rning they will be SO close that 9.
naked eye they will actually seem bend.
into one. Unfortunately the lem sphere
the earth which We inhault Will be- t.r
away from the place they occupy n t.a ..
nj that time. SO that we shall le unable
witness TINS interesting conjunction. ll.
Friday evening the two planets WLl aa.
have drawn So lear together tha- tae
pect Will be that o. q most splendid ll
star.
The New York sun referring ,o t4sm
Celestial scene says
Tho observer viii notice at once tis..
questionable superiority Of Venus 90 -s
giant brother IN b~rill.ancy. lhls ot ol
Is an effect OF distance. for ar. a.I .
parontly SO near together chat Gle. 4r.
touch. the two planets are rlA u.re
four hundred millions of miles apat
conjunction IN tic sig arising siHn.Yt
the TACT that leuus. iu swinging around "a
orbit. happens % come almost exactly r.
the line of sight from tho earth On Il.
Jupiter ID moro than $500 times n- lsrsa
Venus, and II It were really placed -.s
side with Nenuswould Be 90 least l-l fus
bright g. the latter is. ln short. DO W. r
sellble q small tut dazzling moon.
But 10 is only when one considers Hlt
these two planets gro tuat the true Interest.
this week celestial spectacle ls deFe.
They represent respectively the two .r
types or groups into which tic suns au
OF worlds may bo dlyided-the teIre
group. whose mem. ers. ike the earil. .n
comparatively moderate dimension willie
their surfaces have become c0Olau. cl.rs..
with q rocky rind. on which "a great Fare'.
life f0urlsAes. Dr may flourish andf 0el0. .H
group. 10 adopt a name from their -le..s..
representative. Jupiter. ll which iI.rN Ht
lier stage of planetary developments ef i.l.
exists. so that their surfaces have Iut Del.
c0O.ed down or assumed "a permanent i.l
These half developed globes are aI 40 s-s-
dc dimensions and low specific gr.ft
Daring the past year Jup.tor BIAS -Ilf.
Sims Of tremendous disturbance m fln ie
cloudy atmosphere by which % De- slrr.aU.
and the fact has been noted that such
turlauces upon Jupiter show "a tendency n
coincidence with the return oi tno nalH
sun-spOt period. just now tho sun ls l..
ing from month o. month the scene ut mH
violent activity than 10 has displayed .l
lS-3 or 1883. and 90 the same time tuU -ri
belts and spots upon Jupiter brighton l
glow with color. and exhibit changes of Won
deriul rapidity and variety. We CAM 30
precisely interpret the processes
making which arc going ON thcro. Ilt t
are intensely interesting To- watc..
Venus. too, attracts pirtlcullr .ftalN
inst now. because observations t1 Na mas
during It's present visit 90 our side 0f f.0h
may settle the question that las boon us0i
as 90 the correctness of SchIaparells cIl.
sion. announced less than two years agI, 'la
Venus always keeps one side Turmoil sN.
ward. or makes but one rotation 90 ls Ns
in the course of a revolution around tle .ll
n this strange state of things really etss
up0u q planet whose size entities Do tI tt
called tile twin of the earth. So mar cons
0uences follow. bearing upon the quests Is
its habitablllty. that there is hardly .U
direction iu which investigation aIl l
coyery could provo moro fruitful all l
esting.
They are in every way q wonder.t r
of planets which now attract all cylsuts
sunset srV.