Planet Jupiter In Their Eyes
By Yusrin Junaidi

Bandar Seri Begawan - Over 500 people, including students, teachers, parents and passers-by as well as the village head of Kampong Jaya Setia, were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the solar system through telescopes LX 200 GPS Meade, Theodulite and EIX 70 at Amar Pahlawan Primary School last Tuesday evening.

Some 40 officials from the Astronomy Unit of the Survey Department were on hand to set up their finest equipment to ensure the solar system could be viewed through the telescopes. Unfortunately, only planet Jupiter was visible that evening.

There was also a presentation after the viewing to provide attendees with additional knowledge on the solar system. A student, Awg Mohd Hinul, expressed his excitement over seeing Jupiter though he was a little disappointed that other stars were nowhere to be seen.

Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky, after the sun, the moon and planet Venus. Since prehistoric times, the planet has been known as the bright "Wandering Star".

It is the fifth planet from the sun and the largest in the solar system - twice as big as all other planets combined, with a diameter of 142,984 kilometres. The orbit of Jupiter is 778,330,000 kilometres around the sun, and has a mass of 1.900e27 kilogrammes.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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