South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-14

the earth and the She the nearest to us of all
The planets. and the brightest beautiful
in all the heavens the naked eye Astronomers have
given to her the proud title of twin sister the
earth" because of the resemblance the i'm mag
ntude, density and general constitution The diameter
of Venus is almost the the earths 200
miles Her surface is about % percent and her
density, Go percent of the earths Venus has
lite, if she has il has not yet been discovered Be
of this fact her he accurately OBJ
tained. BY means of the perturbatons she produces
upon earth however an approximate result has
reen obtained 1t is that her is reefourths of
The of the earth
Venus rotates her axis in % hours and
q minutes. velocity % miles a second she
travels around the sun in 5s4 days.
1t is known with certainty that N atmos-
phere but whether she is inhabited capable of
tanning life is a doubtful question Astronomers in by
times did those today
the probability that like unlike in physical
constitution color and moral advancement inhabt that
celestial globe.
We know very little about the surface Of Venus
Whether there mountains. oceans rivers the
planet present instruments of research
powerful enough to make out, must rest
to wait in wonder and ignorance until more power
full instruments given us; for science moves but
slowly. slowly. creeping from point to point"
Cynthia fguras aemulatur mater amorum" is the
manner in which Calico announced to the world the
phases Venus The ancients ascribed
two names TO her, phosphorus when morning and
"Hesperus" when evening
The planet named from the earliest after Jupi-
ter the neurological king of gods and men, is the
most immense and vasest OF all the planets; and of
all the stars in the mighty dome Of heaven is second
only in point of brightness The colossal world
of Jupiter has diameter OF $500 miles, which
nearly 10 times that of the earth Could this i'm
globe be distance from equal to
satellites. il would appear to with diameter
times larger than that of the moon This giant of
the planetary world travels through space with
velocity OF eight miles second. accompanied by
satellites 2997OOOO0O miles in crcum-
ference and through this it in 1885 It IS
very probable that this globe. created
the earth has retained its pristine heat much
longer account of its great volume and But
whether this characteristic heat is sufficient TO prevent
all manifestation Of life Is question Perhaps the con-
ditons temperature that the planet passing
through, supports the kind of life the
periods of its geological history If
such is the case then cannot suppose that there
any the higher forms of life the planet
Neither the right conclude that Jupiter
Venus any of the planets not Inhabited. 1t
would be the acme of concet part to suppose
asteroids and satellites peOped the earth and the earth
alone. if He did put beings on any Of the other
worlds that He made them lower morally or tntellec-
tuay. than He made 1t is quite possible and NOT
improbable that the inhabitants Of other planets than
the earth the theories regards our state
o existence have Of theirs.
Jupiter is accompanied through by four satel
Iites-Io Europa. Ganymede and Callisto. whose dia
respectively 24OO 1900 $500 and 5000 miles
Thus Jupiter has four moons, each larger than ours.
Each its special years, its days and its
and all them If they Inhabited, the same right
10 that themselves at the center OF
the universe as those who dwell on our little earth.
who centuries have dreamed the same dream
The superior volume and of this supposed 10 be
planet, moves on in space, attended
by satellites reproduction of the sun itself
as in the center OF the four inferior planets
Mercury Venus the Earth and Mars.
Jupiter the preponderant globe Of the whole solar
family The vastest In surface the most important as
regards the most uniform in its course. rich In
the possession satellites. and throned like
chief amid the planetary orbits