The Planet Mercury

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THE planet observed on the mornings of December 7 and 9 by your correspondent ``G. F. P.'' (NATURE, December 15, p. 151), was probably not Mercury but Jupiter, as these bodies were near together at the time, and the latter was by far the brightest and most conspicuous. The circumstances, described by ``G. F. P.,'' under which the object was noticed render it certain that it could not have been Mercury, for the latter was decidedly small, and might have been easily overlooked on the several mornings I saw it early in the present month. Jupiter, on the other hand, was very bright and plain, and might easily attract attention in the way stated by your correspondent. On the 9th instant the two planets were about 3° apart, Jupiter being situated to the west of Mercury.

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