The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 275
shines partly by 248 ASTRONOMY. Ilia own light, and not wholly by reflected sunlight. The]5lanet cannot, however, emit any great amount of light;Ior, if it did, the satellites would shine by this light whenthey are in the shadow of the planet, whereas they to-tally disappear. It is possible that… … Fig. 275. • heat. Rapid movements are always occurring on his sur-face, often changing its aspect in a few hours. It is there-fore probable that Jupiter is not yet covered by a solidcrust, and that the fiery interior, whether liquid or gaseous,is surrounded by the dense vapors which cease to be…
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