Jupiter shall emerge, be patient, watch again another night, thePleiades shall emerge, They areimmortal, all those stars both silvery and golden shall shine out again, The great stars and the little ones shall shine out again, they endure … ~Walt Whitman
Jupiter is the fifthplanet from theSun and the largest planet in theSolar System. It is agas giant with mass one-thousandth of that of theSun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along withSaturn,Uranus andNeptune. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as theJovian or outer planets. The planet was known byastronomers of ancient times.
Tycho's supernova - Thestar [Tycho's supernova] was at first likeVenus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became likeMars, there will next come a period ofwars, seditions, captivity and death of princes, and destruction of cities, together with dryness and fierymeteors in theair,pestilence, and venomoussnakes. Lastly, the star became likeSaturn, and there will finally come a time of want,death,imprisonment and all sorts of sad things. -Tycho Brahe.
Thestar [Tycho's supernova] was at first likeVenus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became likeMars, there will next come a period ofwars, seditions, captivity and death of princes, and destruction of cities, together with dryness and fierymeteors in theair,pestilence, and venomoussnakes. Lastly, the star became likeSaturn, and there will finally come a time of want,death,imprisonment and all sorts of sad things.
Zoning of Jupiter on a copper engraving -...Saturnus leed, andJupiter is tyn, And Venus coper, by my fader kyn! -Geoffrey Chaucer.
I wol yow telle, as was me taught also, The foure spirites and the bodies sevene, By ordre, as ofte I herde my lord hem nevene. The firste spirit quiksilver called is, The seconde orpyment, the thridde, ywis, Sal armonyak, and the firthe brimstoon. The bodys sevene eek, lo! hem heer anoon: Sol gold is, and Lunasilver we threpe, Mars iren, Mercurie quyksilver we clepe, Saturnus leed, andJupiter is tyn, And Venus coper, by my fader kyn!
Theuniverse is globe-shaped, either because that is the most perfect shape of all, needing no joint, an integral whole; or because that is the most capacious of shapes, which is most fitting because it is to contain and preserve all...The first and highest of all is thesphere of thefixed stars, which contains itself and all things, and is therefore motionless. It is the location of the universe, to which the motion and position of all the remaining stars is referred. For though some consider that it also changes in some respect, we shall assign another cause for its appearing to do so in our deduction of theEarth's motion. There followsSaturn, the first of thewandering stars, which completes its circuit in thirty years. After it comes Jupiter which moves in a twelve-year long revolution. Next isMars, which goes round biennially. An annual revolution holds the fourth place, in which as we have said is contained the Earth along with thelunar sphere which is like anepicycle. In fifth place Venus returns every nine months. Lastly,Mercury holds the sixth place, making a circuit in the space of eighty days. In the middle of all is the seat of theSun. For who in this most beautiful of temples would put this lamp in any other or better place than the one from which it canilluminate everything at the same time? Aptly indeed is he named by some thelantern of the universe, by others themind, by others the ruler.Trismegistus called him the visibleGod,Sophocles' Electra, the watcher over all things. Thus indeed the Sun as if seated on a royal throne governs his household of Stars as they circle around him. Earth also is by no means cheated of the Moon's attendance, but asAristotle says in his book On Animals the Moon has the closest affinity with the Earth. Meanwhile the Earth conceives from the Sun, and is made pregnant with annual offspring. We find, then, in this arrangement the marvellous symmetry of the universe, and a sure linking together inharmony of the motion and size of the spheres, such as could be perceived in no other way. For here one may understand, by attentive observation, why Jupiter appears to have a largerprogression and retrogression than Saturn, and smaller than Mars, and again why Venus has larger ones than Mercury; why such a doubling back appears more frequently in Saturn than in Jupiter, and still more rarely in Mars and Venus than in Mercury; and furthermore why Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are nearer to the Earth when in opposition than in the region of theiroccultation by the Sun and re-appearance. Indeed Mars in particular at the time when it is visible throughout thenight seems to equal Jupiter in size, though marked out by its reddish colour; yet it is scarcely distinguishable among stars of the second magnitude, though recognized by those who track it with careful attention.
We find then in this arrangement an admirableharmony of theworld, and a dependable, harmonious interconnexion of the motion and the size of the paths, such as otherwise cannot be discovered. For here the penetrating observer can note why the forward and theretrograde movement of Jupiter appears greater than that ofSaturn, and smaller than that ofMars, and again greater with Venus than withMercury; and why such retrogression appears oftener with Saturn than with Jupiter, less often with Mars and Venus than with Mercury. Moreover, why Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, when they rise in the evening, appear greater than when they disappear and reappear [with the sun]...And all this results from the same cause, namely the motion of the earth.
In awe, I watched thewaxing moon ride across thezenith of theheavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void ofinfinitespace wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter andMars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet.
Formation of theSolar System: Every 12 years Jupiter returns to the same position in thesky; every 370 days it disappears in thefire of theSun in the evening to the west, 30 days later it reappears in the morning to the east
The experiments that we will do with theLHC [Large Hadron Collider] have been done billions of times bycosmic rays hitting theearth.... They're being done continuously by cosmic rays hitting our astronomical bodies, like themoon, thesun, like Jupiter and so on and so forth. And the earth's still here, the sun's still here, the moon's still here. LHC collisions are not going to destroy theplanet.
The vastness ofheavens stretches myimagination...Why do the poets of the present not speak of it? What men arepoets who can speak of Jupiter if he were like a man, but if he is an immense spinningsphere ofmethane andammonia must be silent?
Galileo Galilei.Altars of Jupiter and Juno. - ...however, he should have nothing in common with them, except thispower of doing good, which communicates unto all, then we ought to acquiesce in the reasoning of theEgyptianpriests, who raisealtars to the Sun conjointly with Jupiter ; nay, rather we should assent toApollo himself (long before them), who sits on the same throne withJove,... -Julian (emperor).Montage of Jupiter's four Galilean moons, in a composite image comparing their sizes and the size of Jupiter. From top to bottom: Io,Europa,Ganymede,Callisto. -Galileo claimed to have seenmountains on theMoon, to have proved theMilky Way was made up of tinystars, and to have seen four small bodies orbiting Jupiter. These last, with an eye to getting a position inFlorence, he quickly named 'theMediciean Stars... -William Herschel.Above the round domes of La Silla Observatory, three astronomical objects in the Solar System — Jupiter (top),Venus (lower left), andMercury (lower right) ...First, That allCœlestial Bodies whatsoever, have anattraction or gravitating power towards their own Centers,... -Robert Hook.Theorbit of the earth is acircle; round thespheres to which this circle belongs describe adodecahedron; the spheres including this will give the orbit ofMars. Round Mars describe atetrahedron; the circle including this will be orbit of Jupiter. Describe acube round Jupiter’sorbit; … -Kepler.I might then reap the rare reward of becoming famous, like the man who discovered the spots on Jupiter. I prefer, however, to keepsilent. -Soren Kierkegaard.
But what exceeds allwonders, I have discovered four new planets and observed their proper and particular motions, different among themselves and from the motions of all the other stars; and these new planets move about another very large star [Jupiter] likeVenus andMercury, and perchance the other known planets, move about theSun. As soon as this tract, which I shall send to all thephilosophers andmathematicians as an announcement, is finished, I shall send a copy to theMost Serene Grand Duke, together with an excellentspyglass, so that he can verify all thesetruths.
I therefore concluded, and decided unhesitatingly, that there are three stars in theheavens moving about Jupiter, asVenus andMercury about theSun; which at length was established as clear as daylight by numerous other observations. These observations also established that there are not only three, but four, erratic sidereal bodies performing their revolutions round Jupiter.
We know that thesun is hub to our little corner of theuniverse, and that ties ofgenealogy connect all living things on ourplanet, because these theories assemble and explain so much otherwise disparate and unrelated information — not becauseGalileo trained histelescope on themoons of Jupiter or becauseDarwin took a ride on aGalapagos tortoise.
Galileo claimed to have seenmountains on theMoon, to have proved theMilky Way was made up of tinystars, and to have seen four small bodies orbiting Jupiter. These last, with an eye to getting a position inFlorence, he quickly named 'theMediciean Stars. But when all was finished, no one besides my brother could get a glimpse of Jupiter orSaturn, for the great length of the tube would not allow it to be kept in a straight line. This difficulty, however, was soon removed by substitutingtin tubes.
I shall explain a System of theWorld differing in many particulars from any yet known, answering in all things to the common Rules of Mechanical Motions: This depends upon three Suppositions. First, That allCœlestial Bodies whatsoever, have anattraction or gravitating power towards their own Centers, whereby they attract not only their own parts, and keep them from flying from them, as we may observe theEarth to do, but that they do also attract all the other Cœlestial bodies that are within the sphere of their activity; and consequently that not only theSun andMoon have an influence upon the body and motion the Earth, and the Earth upon them, but thatMercury alsoVenus,Mars,Saturn andJupiter by their attractive powers, have a considerable influence upon its motion in the same manner the corresponding attractive power of the Earth hath a considerable influence upon every one of their motions also. The second supposition is this, That all bodies whatsoever that are put into a direct and simple motion, will continue to move forward in a straight line, till they are by some other effectual powers deflected and bent into a Motion, describing aCircle,Ellipse, or some other more compoundedCurve Line. The third supposition is: That these attractive powers are so much the more powerful in operating, by how much the nearer the body wrought upon is to their own Centers. Now what these several degrees are I have not yet experimentally verified; but it is anotion, which if fully prosecuted as it ought to be, will mightily assist theAstronomer to reduce all theCœlestial Motions to a certain rule, which I doubt will never be done true without it. He that understands the nature of theCircular Pendulum andCircular Motion, will easily understand the whole ground of this Principle, and will know where to find direction in Nature for the true stating thereof. This I only hint at present to such as have ability and opportunity of prosecuting this Inquiry, and are not wanting of Industry for observing and calculating, wishing heartily such may be found, having myself many other things in hand which I would first complete and therefore cannot so well attend it. But this I durst promise the Undertaker, that he will find all the Great Motions of the World to be influenced by this Principle, and that the true understanding thereof will be the true perfection ofAstronomy.
TheSolar System consists of eight "planets"Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus andNeptune. A new distinct class of objects called "dwarf planets" exist. "Planets" and "dwarf planets" are two distinct classes of objects. The first members of the "dwarf planet" category areCeres,Pluto and2003 UB313 (temporary name).
For theplanets round about him (theSun), as though he were their king, lead on theirdance, at appointed distances pursue theirorbits at the utmostharmony....If, however, he should have nothing in common with them, except thispower of doing good, which communicates unto all, then we ought to acquiesce in the reasoning of theEgyptianpriests, who raisealtars to the Sun conjointly with Jupiter ; nay, rather we should assent toApollo himself (long before them), who sits on the same throne withJove, and whose words are, " One Jove, onePluto, one Sun isSerapis. From which we must conclude that the sovereignty of the Sun and of Jupiter amongst the deities that are objects of intellect is held in common, or rather is one and the same.
Theorbit of the earth is acircle; round thespheres to which this circle belongs describe adodecahedron; the spheres including this will give the orbit ofMars. Round Mars describe atetrahedron; the circle including this will be orbit of Jupiter. Describe acube round Jupiter’sorbit; the circle including this will beSaturn. Now, inscribe in the earth’s orbit anicosahedron, the circle inscribed in it will be the orbit of Venus: inscribe anoctahedron in the orbit of Venus: the circle inscribed in it will beMercury’s orbit. This is the reason of number ofplanets.
Kepler in his first published work Mysterium Cosmographicum (1597) quoted in:Concepts in Physical Science, Education Resources Information Center (eric.ed.gov), p. 11
I might then reap the rare reward of becoming famous, like the man who discovered the spots on Jupiter. I prefer, however, to keepsilent.
Theearth's becoming at a particular period the residence of human beings, was an era in the moral, not in the physicalworld, that our study and contemplation of the earth, and the laws which govern its animate productions, ought no more to be considered in thelight of a disturbance or deviation from the system, than the discovery of thesatellites of Jupiter should be regarded as a physical event in the history of those heavenly bodies, however influential they may have become from that time in advancing the progress of soundphilosophy among men.
TheSolar System's four giant planets against the Sun - The word planet comes from theGreek for “wanderer,” because the planets' positions change relative to those of thestars. The eight (formerly nine) recognized planets that orbit the Sun are, in order of increasing distance, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus, and Neptune. The first four are calledterrestrial planets and the next four giant, orJovian, planets.
The word planet comes from theGreek for “wanderer,” because the planets' positions change relative to those of thestars. The eight (formerly nine) recognized planets that orbit theSun are, in order of increasing distance, Mercury,Venus,Earth, Mars, Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus, andNeptune. The first four are calledterrestrial planets and the next four giant, orJovian, planets.
Consider now theMilky Way. Here also we see an innumerabledust, only thegrains of this dust are no longeratoms butstars; these grains also move with great velocities, they act at a distance one upon another, but this action is so slight at great distances that theirtrajectories are rectilinear; nevertheless, from time to time, two of them may come near enough together to be deviated from their course, like acomet that passed too close to Jupiter... -Henri Poincaré.
That the squares of theperiodic times are proportion to the cubes of the major-axes. These laws were discovered byKepler from observations made onMars and stated by analogy as generallaws, which, although not rigidlytrue, are sufficiently near to thetruth to have led to the discovery of the law of attraction of the bodies of thesolar system. The deviation from complete accuracy is due to the facts, that the planets are not of inappreciable mass, that, in consequence, they disturb each other'sorbits about theSun, and, by their action on the Sun itself, cause the periodic time of each to be shorter than if the Sun were a fixed body, in the subduplicate ratio of the mass of the Sun to the sum of the masses of the Sun and Planet; these errors are appreciable although very small, since the mass of the largest of the planets,Jupiter, is less than 1/1000th of the Sun's mass.
Science is the part ofNASA that's actually conducting interesting and scientifically important missions.Spacecraft sent toMars,Saturn,Mercury, theMoon,comets, andasteroids have been making incredible discoveries, with more to come from recent launches to Jupiter, the Moon, and Mars. The country needs more of these robotic space exploration missions, not less.
This [Diamond]gem is appropriate as first half of [[[w:Leo|Leo]]’ preciouscrystal, because Jupiter, the mutable influence on the sign at this point, seems, when viewed fromEarth, to give off ayellowlight.
Plato....The heavenly bodies, or thespheres or whorls in which they lie, are arranged one within another in the following order: 1. The Fixed Stars. 2. Saturn. 3. Jupiter. 4. Mars. 5. Mercury. 6. Venus. 7. The Sun. 8. The Moon. This order is as good as any other that can be framed under a geocentric hypothesis... -Plato.
TheSpirits survey theheavens and theearth and all the harmonious motions of theuniverse. They see the heavenly bodies set in revolving whorls, which, whorl within whorl, combine to form the Spinning-whorl on the Spindle of Necessity; and the Goddess holds the spindle on her knee, and spins the thread which theFates wind, unwind and cut. The heavenly bodies, or thespheres or whorls in which they lie, are arranged one within another in the following order: 1. The Fixed Stars. 2. Saturn. 3. Jupiter. 4. Mars. 5. Mercury. 6. Venus. 7. The Sun. 8. The Moon. This order is as good as any other that can be framed under a geocentric hypothesis
As thewhorls differ from one another in respect of “ breadth of rim”, the first and outermost whorl is that which has its circular rim the broadest, and the sixth whorl comes next to it in regard to breadth of rim; and, proceeding in order of breadth, the fourth whorl comes third, and the eighth fourth, and the seventh fifth, and the fifth sixth, and the third seventh, and the second eighth.' Thus we have now a new classification of the heavenly bodies, in the following sequence: 1. The Fixed Stars. 2. Venus. 3. Mars. 4. The Moon. 5. The Sun. 6. Mercury. 7. Jupiter. 8. Saturn.
Consider now theMilky Way. Here also we see an innumerabledust, only thegrains of this dust are no longeratoms butstars; these grains also move with great velocities, they act at a distance one upon another, but this action is so slight at great distances that theirtrajectories are rectilinear; nevertheless, from time to time, two of them may come near enough together to be deviated from their course, like acomet that passed too close to Jupiter. In a word, in theeyes of a giant, to whom ourSuns were what our atoms are to us, the Milky Way would only look like a bubble ofgas.
Jupiter, the biggest planet in oursolar system is called as 'Guru Graham' inSanskrit. This planet is related to theintellect of humans. Hence it is called asGuru (Budha Graha). The planet Jupiter, changes from oneRaashi (12astrological signs.... -Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji.They shall not long possess thesky, they devour thestars only inapparition, Jupiter shall emerge, be patient, watch again another night, thePleiades shall emerge, They areimmortal, all those stars both silvery and golden shall shine out again, The great stars and the little ones shall shine out again, they endure, The vast immortalsuns and the long-enduring pensivemoons shall againshine, Their dearest child mournest though only for Jupiter? Considerest though alone the burial of the stars.
Jupiter, the biggest planet in oursolar system is called as 'Guru Graham' inSanskrit. This planet is related to theintellect of humans. Hence it is called asGuru (Budha Graha). The planet Jupiter, changes from oneRaashi (12astrological signs.Aries,Taurus, etc) to another every year. During the period ofretrograde it slows down but still it makes up for the slowness and on an average it changes the Raashi house every year. This change generally happens in the last week of the month December. This type of calendar system is connected with the movement of theSun and is called asSolar Calendar.
Now that she's back in the atmosphere, with drops of Jupiter in her hair, She checks out Mozart while she does Tae-Bo reminds me that there's a room to grow, hey, yeah.
The sum of yesterdayes conferences were an examination of thePrinciples ofPtolemy andCopernicus, and which of their opinions is the more probable andrational; that, which affirmeth the sub¬stance of theCœlestial bodies to be ingenerable, incorruptible, un-alterable, impassible, and in a word, exempt from all kind of change, save that of local, and therefore to be a fifth essence, quite different from this of our Elementary bodies, which are generable, corruptible, alterable, or else the other, which taking away suchdeformity from the parts of theWorld, holdeth theEarth to en¬joy the same perfections as the other integral bodies of the universe; and esteemeth it a moveable and erratickGlobe, no lesse than theMoon, Jupiter,Venus, or any otherPlanet.
They shall not long possess thesky, they devour thestars only inapparition, Jupiter shall emerge, be patient, watch again another night, thePleiades shall emerge, They areimmortal, all those stars both silvery and golden shall shine out again, The great stars and the little ones shall shine out again, they endure, The vast immortalsuns and the long-enduring pensivemoons shall againshine, Their dearest child mournest though only for Jupiter? Considerest though alone the burial of the stars.
Themusic of thespheres - ThePythagorean harmony of thespheres lives on to this day. In his Natural History (circa AD77), theRomanscientist and noble manPliny the Elder considered formed by theearth andMoon to be atone; Moon toMercury asemi-tone; Mercury toVenus, a semi-tone; Venus to theSun, aminor third; Sun toMars, a tone,Mars toJupiter, a semi-tone; Jupiter toSaturn, a semi-tone;... -Christiaan Huygens.The great man [Galileo in 1610 on 24 and 25 April] was asked to demonstrate theJupiter moons in the spyglass. Not one among the eminent guests was convinced of their existence. The crude nature of the mysterious gadget did not help. But many were blinded by bias — they refused to look down the tube...Kepler was the only weighty voice raised in defence...The revolution inscience begins with thediscovery of these ‘alien’worlds and the names ofGalileo and Kepler have come to symbolize that revolution. -Christiaan Huygens.That theplanets are not withoutWater, is not made probable by the late observations: For about Jupiter are observed some spots of a darker hue than the rest of his Body, which by their continual change show themselves to beClouds... -Christiaan Huygens.Eachplanet, according to its dimension, has a certain length ofplanetary life, the youth and age of which include the following eras :- aSun like state; a state like that of Jupiter orSaturn, but when muchheat but littlelight is evolved; a condition like that of ourearth; and lastly, the stage through which ourMoon is passing, which may be regarded as planetary decrepitude... -Proctor.
ThePythagorean harmony of thespheres lives on to this day. In his Natural History (circa AD77), theRomanscientist and noble manPliny the Elder considered formed by theearth andMoon to be atone; Moon toMercury asemi-tone; Mercury toVenus, a semi-tone; Venus to theSun, aminor third; Sun toMars, a tone,Mars toJupiter, a semi-tone; Jupiter toSaturn, a semi-tone; and Saturn to thefixed stars, a minor third. The 'Pythagorean Scale' created from this musical arrangement is still recognised. And Pliny's report reveals not only aheavenly musical scale, but also a Cosmic architecture that was to have a profound influence on the history of astrobiology. The story goes that only the master,Pythagoras, was graced with the gift of actually hearing thisharmony of the spheres.
In: p. 8
To the ancienteye, without the use ofspyglass, only seven of these ‘wanderers’ or ‘planets’ as they were known, could be seen among the thousands oflights that bejewelled thefirmament. The 'Wanderers' were different. True, like thefixed stars, theSun,Moon,Mercury,Venus,Mars, Jupiter, andSaturn all seemed to revolve once a day around theEarth. But the Plants also had a peculiar motion.
In: p. 9
...cosmos was complete. Its out limit was the stellar sphere. Just inside was Saturn, since it was theplanet that took longest to move around theZodiac. Next came Jupiter and Mars, set in order of decreasing orbital period, the time taken to make one complete orbit about the centralEarth. Innermost was theMoon, since thelunar orbit placed it closest to us. The remaining three planets ofSun,Venus andMercury, posed a problem. All three vagabond stars made their seeming journey about the Earth, in the same common time of one year.
In: p. 11
The term ‘superior planet’ was used by those bodies (Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) that lay behind theSun’s orbit. The system gave no idea of the sheer size of the orbits, and no account of inconsistencies of theplanets in theirapparent motion. But thesemathematical features were to develop later.
In: p. 11
The great man [Galileo in 1610 on 24 and 25 April] was asked to demonstrate theJupiter moons in the spyglass. Not one among the eminent guests was convinced of their existence. The crude nature of the mysterious gadget did not help. But many were blinded by bias — they refused to look down the tube...Kepler was the only weighty voice raised in defense...The revolution inscience begins with thediscovery of these ‘alien’worlds and the names ofGalileo and Kepler have come to symbolize that revolution.
In: p. 74
Back in 1610, perhaps the greatest discoveryGalileo had made with the spyglass was the essentially four new worlds in the Jupiter system. The four newplanets were the first four moons of Jupiter their significance to the case ofCopernicanism was set up by Galileo. The moons in orbit around Jupiter also exposed the ancientfallacy that theearth was the center around which all revolved.
In: p. 105
He discovered themoons of Jupiter, thephases of Venus, the [[terrestrial nature of theMoon, and thousands upon thousands of stars never picked out before. Galileo's findings provided immense impetus to theCopernican viewpoint on thecosmos and also boostedAtomist speculation. May be thisuniverse is, as the Atomists said, a cosmos vast in scale, perhaps eveninfinite, and abundantly seeded withlife throughout.
In: p. 108
That theplanets are not withoutWater, is not made probable by the late observations: For about Jupiter are observed some spots of a darker hue than the rest of his Body, which by their continual change show themselves to beClouds...Mars too is found not to be without his dark spots... but whether he has clouds or no, we have not had the same opportunity of observing as in Jupiter. Since ‘its certain thatEarth and Jupiter have their water and clouds, there is no reason why the other Planets should be without them. I can’t say that they are exactly of the same nature with our Water, but they should beliquid their use requires, as theirbeauty does that they should be clear. For this Water of ours, in Jupiter orSaturn, would befrozen up instantly for reason of the vast distance of theSun. Every Planet therefore must have its Waters of such a temper as to be proportione’d to its heat.
In: p. 111
Huygens was aware of the fact that the kind of water found on Earth would instantly freeze on Jupiter, and vaporize on Venus.He observed dark and bright spots on the surface of some of the planets, such as Mars and Jupiter , and suggested that the spots could only be justified by the existence of water and ice on those worlds.
Attendants of Jupiter andSaturn are of the same nature with ourMoon, as going round them, and being carry'd with them round theSun just as the Moon is with theEarth. Their Likeness reaches to other things too,...Therefore whatsoever we can with reason affirm or fancy of our Moon must be supposed with very little alteration to belong to the Guards of Jupiter and Saturn, as having no reason to be at all inferior to that.
In: p. 112
If theMoon is not inhabited, asobservations suggest based on the absence ofwater and anatmosphere, this says little aboutlife on otherworlds, save for those of similar rank, i.e., other moons. Which means that other planets, especially those superior and majestic worlds, such asSaturn and Jupiter, should be equal in all ways to theEarth,intelligent inhabitants included.
In: p. 112
Featured in his Celestial Scenery (1837),Dick discusses thecosmos, as seen fromMars, Jupiter, theplanetoids, and beyond. Using a method similar to that ofHuygens,Dick takes the topic further still, allottingpopulations to all the planetary bodies of thesolar system, and even for therings of Saturn, a rather arresting idea.
In: p. 146
Surely noastronomer worthy the name can regard this grandorb as the cinder-centred globe ofwatery matter so contemptuously dealt with by one who, be remembered thankfully was not an astronomer...Jupiter in a sense aSun...a source ofheat which serves itssatellites on whichlife – even such forms of life as we are familiar with – may still exist...[the gas giant] must be intended one day the abode of noble races.
Eachplanet, according to its dimension, has a certain length ofplanetary life, the youth and age of which include the following eras :- aSun like state; a state like that of Jupiter orSaturn, but when muchheat but littlelight is evolved; a condition like that of ourearth; and lastly, the stage through which ourMoon is passing, which may be regarded as planetary decrepitude.
Proctor had banished Solar systemlife from anymoon orplanet other thanEarth. OnMars it had disappeared, though, 'the development of higher forms of life may have been less complete than on our earth'. Jupiter lay in wait. Lifeless still, it was evolving an enabling habitat, one that would embrace 'creatures far higher in the scale of being than any that have inhabited, or may inhabit, the earth. For Proctor, in time even theSun will harbour life.
In: p. 185
Rather under-represented inmoons, petite in mass and magnitude,Earth does not fare well in comparison withgas giants Jupiter and Saturn, and especially the Sun. Rejecting the idea the giant planets are poorly placed,Flammarion even so admits atmospheres of otherplants are ‘essentially different’, from those on Earth, as there is no evidence extant to show they are ‘of achemical compositionanalogous to ourplanet.
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