The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-22

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suns aver mfri1o< q years. u reap
peas N 40 orbit entirely different frsu
tormer one. - - 70 Afford no evi
dence through which Il may Be rccb1.
n<e1' put nit moves IN m cIlipsc. and
uoe< not leave our system. Il viii return
= :en.10ly unchanged orbit. through
~n,cn " may De detected.
Inc astronomer y often asked. upon
~ announcement 81 . comet, lis Il 4
new onef ana the tone q the inquiry
usually implies fee 'n< u satisfaction
10 witnessing the discovery Of new
LAT put " just The reverse with the
astronomer himself. lie ransacks The
Ieeo'us. mop ~ against hope that be
nay ENJOY me COOL fortune Of a>cer-
'a'u'nS tnat tne new come Is m old one
-o'd' q iea-f. ~ The sense that IL has
Deem observed once before. but not
t~'ce. IN ~ hrst reappcarance .
comet y certain % be loaded with the
name q the geometr.c ciscoycrcr Of its
patn- - theory - computed: its future
returns are riyidly pred cted: IL social
post On y definitely established. and Il
taxes ~ place among the registered
members 81 our constellation. hut :
comet NAV belong 20 our system. and
M. ~ ~ iar from the sun that the in
'ersa,s pe'w - periods Of visibility
may pc ~ long - three hundred thou
sanu centuries
mere are lew comets ri which the
Vonp1rAppic character - evident AZ
once iheir orbits are dec dedly elliptic
~; their PR ois az not exceed q BAKERS
nozen ~ years; and they are intimately
-ls'a',;' - 'ne P'ah's IN their positions
anl ~ ect'on 81 notion frof Newton.
= Nie oI.ezc' mas given distinct
.nl s''','ac'ors explanation ofthe mole
- "n'en these comets were probably
us.sr.ea rom Their original parabolic
Pn'ns ~ the action d the planet
yuP'.e,' was roYai sport. and the
nnas charac'er o. the eometsry orbit
49, me httura' termination Of the
Sane- Ahrse comets must De excluded
rom our general discussion
Vinitting them. we Ind nothing IN
we post on o. Inc other orbits which
'nu'caees relation 70 the solar axis OF
Io.a.ion q 70 the planetary pItnes Of
.e INA. Ahey are - uniformly dis
elio , tncy nad entered our
~ s.p.1 '1u'.ereutiy from every oirec-
.'o.. hna w.thou. reference % the pre-
snnS mo on " the planets or 70 their
II. ,lu'uaI organization they are simply
.ne 'nrEes. o. an immense swarm Of
'ie'eofs when are noating AL around
- swarm % wnicn ~ lar the greater
P''.'yn consists q bodies too small - be |
<ren 2. tne tignt thrown upon them
ION me snu; anu TINS invisible portion
800 suIPasses' Ia number ana even
~ e.'-.. o'nsu mass 80 tne VISIBLE com
P,pe's II our cons' e.!ai'on-
49, nm ~ tne or1girai round neo-
80. rom when the solar system was
gone through changes which are repre-
senieu m many Of the nebulr. A cen
Iral spherical portion seems 70 have
concentrated into the sun and planets.
'esv'ng 40 outer spherical envelope.
which was much slower in the process
~ condensation. and finally became an
envelope "A % ides. The natural orbits
d the uolies were nearly circular
patns: q which the sun was q the cen
er me variety Of directions Of the
,'anes 81 me orbits was 80 great that
hey constituted 2 nearly uniform sys-
en- constantly approa hing each other,
NJ ~ Their mutual heat prod icing ex-
''os'ons. ihey were thus broken un
MO an increased number Of smaller ir-
ezuiar masses. such rs We are familiar
sitn IN me meteor'c stones. Thus we
ma Al the varieties that exist among
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