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The planet Jupiter

MAY 01, 1963
In summarizing what is known and speculated about Jupiter, the largest of our planetary neighbors, the following article also serves as an indication of how much still remains to be known. The authors are astronomers Rupert Wildt and Harlan J. Smith of Yale and physicists Edwin E. Salpeter of Cornell and Alastair G. W. Cameron of the Institute for Space Studies.
R. Wildt
H. J. Smith
E. E. Salpeter
A. G. W. Cameron

Approximately forty astronomers and physicists met on October 16 and 17, 1962, at the Institute for Space Studies in New York City, to discuss the properties of the planet Jupiter. The Institute is part of the Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The meeting was organized by R. Wildt and H. J. Smith of the Yale University Astronomy Department, and members of the Institute, directed by Robert Jastrow, acted as hosts.

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R. Wildt, Yale University.

H. J. Smith, Yale University.

E. E. Salpeter, Cornell University.

A. G. W. Cameron, Institute for Space Studies.

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