Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-17
EVENING STAR.
.oSDAr.......sertcsnber II. Is-z.
A"W mar sot Those woon.

.fr0ra Ifr '~4~1yr n-.Hr.-sr
g. l 1870. t.etit discovery mat TIE planet Mars
= h'friFct ty two OF three moons - = 80
important one, a. u has ensbie,i .S,-,,,S-
nltTs - ascertain tue quantity az TY,arrsr IN
.SSlut1 10 "a I planet compared with lhaf of
ne SUI. but, ~ tlie same time. ID t,-essrfs, !,
most perpleXing question. wbtcS IS -,
h'inerfo been RAISED eXCant as IN ff,-,1,-.l 80.
IT, is $3.50, a.,ai sGppo>ei mira er-
about three times while Maus notaiss orc,
on his axis, ana the period of TIE one fir.t
Thar the time OF the planets rotation a
necessary consequence OF Tie LaTlaoe theory
OF tNo-ulOn. a. 10 - generally understood
Is thai The satellites, have besn thrown or
rom ihe planetary mss. cannot nova
around Inn IN lrss tlTac Jaal hc occupies I'm
tolh4Ig o. HE Own AXIS. which Is directly
GlsPnnNec BY TIE ascertaing.l tact a. stated
~ loiLows either that the Laplacc theory 10
a. sUli OF tAat Tie minute haai o. Lhaf Noaf
IN Tie space around Mars were not thrown
OF rom His surface tsg have been capguref
by him n; some tlme ia 'ba past when tl1ey
came near enough 10 bim q ne twlstsd out 81
be attracted % hts surface
20 fsar AZ az uft|>ftt. aBIa -, tnfer
The last named sUppo itiou sprpha Nv f,or-
rect. and. uthis e aCceVted. another very
interesting question arises Where dad
hey come f~pTu'' t. D. not irpp~s ble thai
these satellites were formerly members of
that vast host 90 p'sIetOidsi bodies which
course aTnand the sun hst Nveu the ORBITS OF
Mars su5 I0Pter. . IS, however, e4uRily
sun .u v-ry TroloEVtd elliptic orbits, Ike
.t.ysJ bod e. tlu' come near the earth every
''N at4 .lsn, EuI .ouis ~ VI CA far 60 h.T
-1l!a-e, while olhers pass thrUUgn and
.tNc.l a-.tos .l..rC. Tie meteor that pass
e. over Missouri, Illinois rrtisna Ohio and
Other state .. Oh. --.. q nrcalF Ter laet
c'nti >cas'oty nave made such a grand dis
IlaN unless DO diameter were 81 EAST eguAI
q. Nel ny i.. -f.ttaesi satellite OF Mars.
which ie ns mated bv Watso- ~ MO anf
tnfa-- luurin> iniies. Under certain condi-
.Hls 10Y HlraC. ions and .gCity relative In
the Garth. mat meteor mIZhf have hn,.n can
lurcd ty nur ~I"uet. and have nou IIayssf
NE" -Ef. ~ second moon tn rs - no WI saw
!U-it.vns INTO -, orDiiaI harness auF ueat
.tr-. Is n T. ..U" ~ l-rI...r..' ....E- NAY 81
ie NO impossible ihaf our present moon lcI-
seI VII ar~Ifls faH .H. en-. -a'e' lire l.kFl-.tf.
aud SstOl.Su as - tHat hitherto -uTe8II o.
q.,E1-.-l--r-- = noon ,.r,t.aE lrO-ud a
Hi tJCcil~ swinging ayHaIi each other. while
"utA 5lyIo t.Uat Obedience ~ U4a attractive
power oI our etrtI.
The eyes a. the worrare .usf being Open
"a 20 'C IO-s Il.i -,~ OF world stcnCe. aud
VIII "EVaCt -.-oa. q I. .I.al.. ... .la- .t..s %
who are imvucruul IeHIilg MO everything
CELESTIAL Wi'n tH'IT SCOPES. aEd trying ~
HnIrr''F' 'l3t every 'I'I- WIEN cir tele-
scopes. n fT have -n; 10 Di. lC these reveal
mems IN Ni''r fn sl~...a -he.r Ow. -eTutR-
.lHl ard p. ufsI "a reason TOR them ''s-r.. u
- sirD cher 3-ut-u Aaly - leave 40 Stone
CIlurItu anal 40 inch of space auscauupa.
fn the tTanaEn~ 20 sustain rNa repu!al GA nl
cur E'Dtp- 81" b. able - c. lfure ard take
care oi more haD Ole a;tcndalt-c,rIainiy
as well as Msts-aIi4 does not the ability
arEut Tor TIE fact " 40 VIII discover
another noe" To 0r- Garth or. better II N.
the existence OF u ~ltsillte 10 our already
familiar mrou.