Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1905 — The Planet Mars. [ARTICLE]

The Planet Mars.

“I am certain Mars is Inhabited,” said Gamille Flammarlon, “and probably by people much more advanced than we are. The year In Mars Is twice as long as ours—that Is to say, It really consists of 730 days. The public at large does not really know the precision of some of our astronomical observations. Thus we know the length of the day In Mars by diurnal rotation to the one-thousandth part of a second, and from observations, which have now extended over 100 years, we find the length of the day on the planet Is 24 hours 47 minutes 22 seconds. The climate of the Martians Is very mild; there are no gales, while the atmosphere Is very light, with scarcely any clouds. The Inhabitants enjoy fine weather, the climate being dry and clear. We know the globe of Mars perfectly; In fact, far better than the earth.”