Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 354
salmon color of thespaces between cumulus clouds before a summer storm.This color is due to the absorption of the dense atmosphereof the planet, probably. The bands themselves and the red THE PLANET JUPITER. 329 spot seem frequently to be veiled over with something likethe thin cirrus clouds of oar… … Fig. 182.—View of Jupiter in a Large Telescope, with aSatellite and its Shadow seen on the Disk. Motions of the Satellites.—The satellites move about Jupiter fromwest to east in nearly circular orbits. When one of these satellitespasses between the Sun and Jupiter, it casts a shadow upon…
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