The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-08-08
THE PLANET JUPITER
A Monster World, 1900 Times
the Size of Ours.
WHIRLS WITH AWFUL SPEED.
IL Spins Around at Such a Fearful
Gait That a Furious Gale Perpetual-
~ Eneireles tia Equator--lts Posi-
bic inhabitants and lts Moons

person knows about Jupiter. lie has I
heard lot, too much perhaps. about c
Mars. but that world. 1900 times the !
sire OF ours. whlrllng In the terrible .
outer distance OF space with Its eve
moons, its III months yearly. known
as Jupiter IS almost IL not quite a mys
terry.
In the first place. Jupiter, according
20 some astronomers, Is inhabited
So are some OF It's moons, In the
midst OF which the great planet spins
around like top at such tremendous
speed that It causes around the equator
a furious wind that blows perpetually
AT rate Of about go miles an hour.
In the midst OF this never ending,
bowling gale live the Jovians. Some
astronomers say that because Jupiter
Is so much bigger and heavier than
the earth no creature OF any weight
can support itself. man weighing
200 pounds on this earth would, II car
rIed to Jupiter. weigh 500 pounds, and.
reasoning thus. they believe that moth
ing bigger than cat could stand on
this vast world
But this Is no doubt a mistake. III
Jupiter stood still or revolved no faster
than our earth all that astronomy says
would be true, and n terrestrial man
could not stand upon It's surface. But
as n fact the tremendous rate OF revo-
luton is so much faster than the
H.. 80 fa nr0
size It turns about In less than ten
hours as against our twenty-four
hours.
AS Il is, n man OF normal earthly
size. II transported 20 the equator OF
Jupiter, would actually feel much
lighter than he does here on earth, be-
!. cause the swift rotation OF the planet
would almost lift him from his feet
and throw him into the heavens. lie
would feel so light that the $50 mile
nm hour tornado that blows incessant-
ly would pick him up and carry him
around and around the planet like
speck OF dust.
In order 20 keep on his feet the
d. Joyian man or woman would have 10
: be about nfty feet tall Some OF them
would doubtless reach the height or
T, nfty-fye feet. Like all big bodies. the
Joylan would hsve tendency to slow
. meas OF motion Having once seated
!. himself. ne would spend good Twelve
!, hours at his breakfast and perhaps
\. eighteen at his dinner and would prob
J ANY throw up his Job II his employer
allowed him less than six hours iol
~ his lunch
!, The oceans OF Jupiter, torn into FURY
by the hurricanes. would pay no atten
/. ton 10 one moon such ms moves th'
!, tides on our earth, and II takes n'
fcwer than five OF these satellites Z
= nerform this work for Jupiter They
: travel M various rates OF speed, som'
40 living very close 10 Jupiters surlac
and others far OF. They have atmos
nheres somewhat like ours on eartn
ana moonlight on Jupiter Is indeed
- glorious sight, for these moons nave
I. variety OF colors Two are Due on
-. Is yellow and one red
:. Jupiter needs oil It's moons at mgr
-, for illumination, for without them Il
Ave hours OF darkness would be blac
~ indeed. so distant IS the sun I'M
broad daylight is hardly brighter tina
'"' twilight on earth, and one lone moo
would not reflect enough OF the sun
- rays 20 guide the Jovian footsteps.
,Sv In the polar and semipolar areas u
~ o5O mile an hour tornado OF the ecu
tor IL not present. Doubtless there
~ edd,es and occasional windstorms SUI
as there are on earth. And In tne
/, % localities II Is possible Tor smaii
creatures 10 exist, and here. too, Vet
tation would flourish. The FOOD So
-. niv OF Jupiter must come from the
- aroma where II Is cultivated and sh
,.o ned 10 the equatorial regions by {
-, diminutive races. The polar ocea
are not frozen because OF the Rr'
vol internal heat OF Jupiter. And on th'
49, atill oceans probably ships not grea
80 different from ours ply. but about
- !, equator the unending storm wo'
90 =. make surface sailing impossible.
, a. II there are ships at all at the eq
tho tor they are submarines. which u
ox. into the calm depths beneath the
,,,tv face. Locomotion by flying machn
Ncry a extremely easy on the equator
cause. by taking advantage or
wind. the Jovians can navigate u
planet M tremendous speed
,nevr IL n possible that because OF
Pat noise in the wind swept equator
Z Jovian II deaf
,o.ed Quite likely, on the other hand,
,ea has good ears, but with device, cl'
artlfcinl or contributed by nature
stopping his ears. except wheh
wishes 90 listen.
90 This tremendous. good natureu
Wan has u leather.likc skin 70 pro
. go, himself from the scratches ot ~
- things ana n device for sitting the
rnoi that he breathes FOR Jovian nti
phere is fun Of dust. and In spiu
Tho difficulties OF his existence ne