Mr. Hind believed this object to be a Trans-Neptunian planet, and calculated for it a period of 1,600 years.
Several reflections arise.
A heresy that seems too radical for me is that they may be beyond nearby stars. A more reasonable idea is that if nightwatchmen and policemen and other persons who do stay awake nights, should be given telescopes, something might be found out. Something else that one thinks of is that, if so many unknowns have been seen crossing the sun, or crossed by the sun, others not so revealed must exist in great numbers, and that instead of being virtually blank, space must be archipelagoic. It was of the magnitude, color, and brilliance of a ship's red light, as seen at a distance of 200 yards. The object was visible three minutes, and then disappeared behind buildings.