\"Modestyforbidshissaying,\"saidDeepwaters,\"thatitwouldn\'tdoforthecountrytohaveallitseggsinonebasket。\"
\"Areyounotafraidyouwillfindthesurfacehot,orevenmolten？\"askedVice—PresidentDumby。\"Withitseighty—sixthousandfivehundredmilediameter,theamountoforiginalinternalheatmusthavebeenterrific。\"
\"No,saidCortlandt,\"itcannotbemolten,orevenintheleastdegreeluminous,for,ifitwere,itssatelliteswouldbevisiblewhentheyenteritsshadow,whereastheyentirelydisappear。\"
\"IdonotbelieveJupiter\'ssurfaceisevenperceptiblywarm,\"
saidBearwarden。\"WeknowthatAlgol,knowntotheancientsasthe\'DemonStar,\'andseveralothervariablestars,areaccompaniedbyadarkcompanion,withwhichtheyrevolveaboutacommoncentre,andwhichperiodicallyobscurespartoftheirlight。Now,someofthesenon—luminariesarenearlyaslargeasoursun,and,ofcourse,manyhundredtimesthesizeofJupiter。