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AT intervals during the work of a comparison of stellar magnitudes, the 26-in. reflector has been turned on Jupiter, in order to determine the present rotation period of the various surface currents, and it is hoped that results of some value will be obtained by the end of the present apparition. The following longitudes, based on transit estimates, of the two most important objects on Jupiter, viz., the S. Tropical Disturbance and the Red Spot Hollow, have been determined:—
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BOLTON, S. Jupiter's Two Principal Markings. Nature 96, 172 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096172a0
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