WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1964 Two Spectroscopists Discover Sea of Gas Around Jupiter Two University spectroscop ists have discovered that the planet Jupiter is surrounded by a hydrogen gas sea at least 160 miles thick. The new estimate is the re sult of experiments conducted with the world's largest ab sorption tube, which went into service here last year. David H. Rank, professor of physics, and John V. Foltz, a NASA trainee and Ph.D. can HERLOCHER'S OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK The Only Complete Delivery Service in Town! PIZZA BAR-B-OUE CHICKEN SUBMARINES (11 Kinds) MiLK SHAKES MEAT BALLS PHILADELPHIA STEAKS SOFT DRINKS CALL 238-0518 FOR QUICK DORM DELIVERY 4:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. 418 E. College Avenue Rush Meeting Tonight—January 8 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MEETING FOR ALL SECOND TERM STUDENTS AND UPPERCLASSMEN INTERESTED IN FRATERNITIES. didate in physics, conducted the research. Findings Reported Thcir findings, which are 10 times greater than previous re search would indicate, are re ported in a letter to the editor in the current issue of The As trophysical Journal, published by the University of Chicago Press in conjunction with the American Astronomical So ciety. The estimate is based on a I. F. C. 7:30 pm. in Schwab Auditorium comparison of spectral lines of a known "planetary atmos phere" created in the labora tory with the lines recorded in direct observation of Jupiter by large optical telescopes. The most significant of these meas urements was the observation last year of the quadrupole spectrum of hydrogen in oh , graphs of Jupiter taken by the 100-inch optical telescope at Mdunt Wilson Observatory. The observations were made THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA by scientists at the Jet Propul sion Laboratory, who estimated the thickness of the hydrogen atmopshere surrounding Jupi ter at 16 miles. Earlier esti mates had placed the atmos phere at 3 miles thickness. Fingerprints Spectral lines, or the wave length at which each element or compound will absorb or emit light, are sometimes called the "fingerprints of the uni verse". in that no two will ab sorb or emit light in the same pattern. Thus, if the spectroscopist can create a planetary atmos phere in the laboratory whose spectrum matches the spectral readings from the planets, he can be secure in his knowl edge that, with side effects eliminated, he has matched the planetary atmosphere. More over, the intensity of the lines provides a good estimate of the amount of the element or compound in the path of the light. Because of its size, Penn State's new absorption tube, designed and constructed. by Rank and his associate, T. A. Wiggins, professor of physics, has proved to be a unique in strument to recreate planetary atmospheres. Filled With Hydrogen The absorption tube, which for these experiments was filled with hydrogen, has a length of 150 feet, and a light beam may be reflected back and forth through the tube as many as 104 times. After the beam has passed back and forth through the tube the re quired number of times, it is reflected into the spectrograph proper to measure both the wavelength and the intensity of the absorbed light. The spectrum resulting from the known quantity of hydro gen gas in the absorption tube was then compared to the JPL observation, as well as 1960 readings of Jupiter, to arrive at the figure of at least 160 miles of standard atmosphere. The 160-mile hydrogen atmos phere is regarded as "prelimi nary" and experiments are continuing. NEW COLLEGE -DINER D6wniown Bet%keen the .Movie . . „ ' • • , , ALWAYS OPEN • oilieeeeesoipel e . I local • ; - 4to 6.41 : ' A :: I: staff 44; • meeting o a l 0 . 6:30 p.m. ei ) • 218 Hub 0 • e meeeeeeee Doctors Prescribe Rest, Relaxation For Weary Nehru PRIME MINISTER NEHRU . . complete rest ordered PSU Sixth in Engineering Study Funds The University stands sixth, among colleges and universi ties in the nation in funds ap plied annually to engineering college research. The University applies $6.07 million to this research. This was announced in the 1963 Engineering College Re search Review, published bi ennially by the Engineering College Research Council of the American Society for Engineer ing Education. Total amount of these 126 in stitutions was about $2OO mil lion. The top 10 colleges of engineering account for almost half this total. Eight of the 10 are state universities and land grant institutions. 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Low Ebb Accumulated strains of gov ernment, politics and diploma cy caught up with Nehru at the annual meeting of his ruling Congress party in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa State, near the Bay of Bengal 800 miles southeast of New Delhi. Nehru looked listless in pos ture and facial expression and spoke to hardly anyone at a committee meeting Monday. He sat alone in a corner. He had flown to this city after deliver ing a speech, more than usually rambling, to the International Congress of Orientalists in New Delhi on Saturday. Nehru's vitality has declined visibly since he suffered an in fection of the urinary tract in 1962. Working as foreign minis ter and Congress party chieftian as well as prime minister, he has at times appeared so tired as to look asleep. Some outside medical men have speculated that he is suf fering from' hardening of the arteries, a not unusual ailment in men of his age. His own doc tors, who include a heart spe cialist, have refused comment. 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