SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. October 21. 1358
STANDING BY WINDOW of train. Prince Charles and
sister, I'rinccaa Anne, proviae Lonuon papers wnn new
topic of discussion length of the prince's hair. One
newspaper said: "The prince's hair was even closer to his
eyebrows than usual." (International Soundphotom)
Venus, Jupiter Near Each
Other in Eastern Heavens
By FAY BENTLEY
"What is the name of the
brilliant star which shines in the
east every morning? I've never
seen anything like ill" a hunter
recently remarked.
The "star" which has fasci
nated a number of early risers
during this hunting season is
none other than our old celestial
friend, the planet, Venus. It is
truly a thing of beauty as it as
cends the eastern heavens in the
early hours before dawn.
Fitting Companion
A fitting companion to the
goddess of love and beauty is
Jupiter, named after the king of
the Roman gods, and largest of
all the known planetary bodies.
Jupiter comes into view one
hour later than the "Morning
Star."
Only slightly smaller than our
earth, Venus is often called the
earth's "sister-planet." Jupiter
with a diameter approximately
11 times as great as the distance
through the earth is more than
1.000 times the size of Earth.
Even so, Venus is the more spec
tacular, by far, of these star-like
bodies which grace the morning
sky.
"Why is Venus so much bright
er than the huge planet. Jupi
ter?" people sometimes ask.
The apparent brilliance of
Venus is due to two reasons.
Surrounded by dense clouds, the
albedo, or reflecting power of its
surface is greater than the re
flecting power of the surface of
Jupiter, which is covered by a
cloud-laden atmosphere of less
density.
Distances Listed
Jupiter is approximately 483
million miles from the sun while
Venus is only 67 million miles
from the center of our solar sys
tem. This causes an area on
Venus to receive about 54 times
as much light as an equal area
on the surface of Jupiter. As all
planets shine by reflected sun
light the surface of Venus is in
trinsically far more brilliant
than the surface of the giant
"king of the gods."
The mean or averaee distance
of the earth from the sun is
about 93 million miles. Thus we
can see it is possible for the
earth and Venus to come much
closer to each other than the
earth and Jupiter. So when
earth-dwellers view these two
celestial beauties in the early
hours of morn, Venus appears
to be larger than Jupiter.
At the present time the mag
nitude, or apparent brilliance of
Venus is -3.6 as compared with
Jupiter's magnitude of -1.3. The
Horse Takes Lounge
On Dash Through Town
Quincy, Calif. (U.R! Mcl
vin H. Schooler was reclining on
a chaise lounge in his backyard.
His horse. Brandy, was tied to
one leg of the piece of furniture
grazing on the lawn, a little
trick of Schooler's to cut down
on mowing.
Schooler left for a moment,
and when he returned, horse and
couch were gone in a cloud of
dust.
Brandy barreled through five
downtown intersections, knock
ing off parts of the couch en
route. Seven blocks later he stop
ped. Hanging onto the panting
horse was one leg of the couch.
BUT NOT POOR
Salem. Ore. (U.R) Some res
idents here will be on Poverty
Street soon. The street is includ
ed in a subdivision recently
approved by the City Planning
Commission.
magnitude scale is not an arith
metical but a geometrical scries
of brightness, and this magni
tude difference of 2.3 between
Venus and Jupiter means that
Venus appears to be more than
six times as bright as the King
of Planets.
Mars Mentioned
While discussing planets, we
must not neglect to mention
Mars, whose fiery red color out
shines everything but the moon
in the evening sky. Its near ap
proach to the earth results in an
apparent visual magnitude of
-1.8, making it appear IV2 times
brighter than Jupiter.
However, this is not always
the case, and as the distance be
tween the earth and Mars in
creases, the "god of war" will
lose much of its apparent brilli
ance. On October 25, Venus will be
only 13 minutes or less than one
fourth of one' degree north of
Jupiter in the eastern sky. Re
membering that the distance be
tween the Pointers of the Big
Djppcr is about five degrees will
help in estimating the slight ap
parent distance separating these
two planets. Of course, they are
actually millions of miles apart.
For a few mornings before
and after this date, as well as on
Oct. 25, these two planets will
present a splendid sight. Just
before daylight, around 5 a.m.
will be a good time for observation.
ELECT
A MAN WHO
KNOWS WHAT
HE'S DOING!
Allen Curry has lived in
Jackson County over 30 years.
He knows the people and
their problems. He has had
over 15 years of experience
in county governmental de
partments was for three
years a township assessor in
Kansas. Allen Curry has the
experience necessary for this
important office.
ELECT
ALLEN D. G! RRY
COUNTY
ASSESSOR
Pd. Ad. Jackjton Co. Rep.
Central Comm.
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Circuit Court Plea
Brings Prison Term
Theodore Benjamin Crosby,
transient, pleaded guilty in cir
cuit court Thursday afternoon
before Judge H..K. Hanna to
charges of using a motor vehicle
Scientists have recently an
nounced that the inclusion of
vitamin B6 to the diet of animals
sharply reduces tooth decay.
without the owner's permission.
He was sentenced to 18
months in Oregon state peniten
tiary at Salem.
Stewart Avenue Railway
Crossing Still Closed
Southern Pacific railroad com
pany Friday indicated to city of
ficials that the Stewart ave.
crossing repair will not be com
pleted until sometime Monday.
Public Works Director Vern
Thorpe said the crossing will
remain closed until sometime
Monday afternoon. The crossing
was closed last Tuesday when
repair work started.
The company announced last
week that all major crossings
in Medford will be repaired in
the near future.
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Newsboys Take Over
In Distributor's Place
High Bridge, N. J. (U.R)
When a newspaper distributor
suddenly decided to quit his job
before the day's papers were
doled out, three teen-age boys
took over for him. '
Their service was an improve
ment on the speed of the former
newsboy, but police didn't think
the job as a whole was well
done.
Police Chief Clifford A. Kice
ordered the boys, aged 14, 15
and 19, to pick up the hundreds
of newspapers they had scattered
over seven streets.
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