The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-15

amnnE The stars The lcngths &C tse
nrhss uhsch comets travel Vzrg from .
sru hundred rnIiisons CO miles so
thousands of billions. The time which
dircrcnt comets take IN conrieting
their orbits varies fron three and q
half to = hundrcd thousand years. The
rrccasrn~ss Of astronomical Enos,edeu
ts such that the cxsc; distance one of
these bodies moves In q second can ee
drssrmin@d. Hrncc the time at Which
ia MIL arrive AZ any Eivcn posns IN sts
ushis can - rfcdtc.rd 10 the second-
when The s;ztcsncnt is made. thea
ihat the teonids arc bat the frag-
meats of = tormrr comet and that
thnsc fraxmcnfs are follossnr The
course pursued in hysonc ases br that
comet u utll Dc s~rn readily that thSrU
j. nothing rcmArElbic Ia the farther
statcmcot that -sodcrn astronomers
can predict the time at ~h1ch the NO.
v-mbcr mcseortc showers wtll appear
The suArms of particles ~hsch formed
the oncc glorious orb kno~n 40 Tcn-
pciIs comet n0w pursue "a the outer
which thsy followed when parts ct q
Last year. when the earth pzsscd
thronEh The front cad of the comss-
msny olsscsxatnfs~s nefc hand1cspJucd
by cloudy weather on the best night.
some of them onlr obtaining rccores of
about 600 rnescors. a. Harvard. how
ever. The rcsuits were satisfactory. over
SOC bcinE obizinci. This pear the earth
struck -the ccntcr uf the comet. and
the mcscosSc shoHcr prescnt.d a sccpe
OF rare beauty so shosc who lad the
hardihnod to sit up until after mId-
49, - \. -
there uss not m1cA 90 reward the
watcher. Neat yclr there wsli rrohab-
" he sprn~thinE Df - display. the earth
touching The end of The coms;- bot a.
Nill 10 of l~ss Nslnc than those of ixss
and prcscnt pears. The Harvard ob-
scrvatory authorities seat out circulars.
/ With blank forms on which 90 record
time. brtllisncF. cclor. etc. OF the No.
icoEa observed. to astronomers and 9th
crs interested All orcr the rnifrd
States. and also 20 snaay points in Eu-
rope. In addition. large special force
of assistants viii bc employed AZ the
observatory in CarabrsdEr. which h..
cxccIlcns facilities sor maisnE olssersa-
ttona
Rerkuued - ste tEures nf she h~.r-
eas. she ls~onids src has infanis. Ac-
ruTdinE "a Prof Simon Npncorah
Tcmpc.s upnr. asE born dtzd oalr
: 5po years The cznse uf sRpiusl.sa
vas probably she snfcnsr hrss ssaerAs-
a. by tsc terrific rzzr 81 whirh she
crus"s reVniveds Bus Gnr fhe frar-
Sarnss ns the bnrninE body shere could
be M rcss- Ia. forces Rhirh cum
I.sllrd the larger body 90 follow
q rough countless ares = certain pzth
~.Ec "a uDrk az veil among an. flying
particles. ThcY feil tnso line. the
larger frsEmrnss tsking the head of
the line s1d the smaller particles tall
tnE ia bfAand for = million miles and
more. ana the ua-nding !o1rney'. later
TIPisd foT awhile. Ess tsken az sxain
along the old path.
The course Of Temples comet an of
It's subsequent particles completely en-.
circles the orbit of the earth. to1chinx
u only AZ one point on ste outer edge
CONTINUING ID crosses the orbit a.
Jupiter and Szturn and cxsends q s~u
millions of miles bcyond that of rr..
nus lis orbit ts cIlipttcsl and twenty
times ss long ss that of the earth.
One of the most interesting aues.
tso1& that ~ill be brought up for de-
ierninasbon dur5nx the coming visis ol
the Npvcnber mctcors &C. cunnecse<
with their nrs- presence tn the sosz,
system said Prof. William a. Hark
ness. of the naval observatory recens.
". There h. = weil-founded shcos,
TO the eject that Tcmpcs-s comet ~z,
originally drsEn inio the solar sys,en
By the planet CranBs. and this pear sbs
exact date of its coming probably wir
be given by actual observation.
We are unable 90 predscz the enar.
hour a. whsch the NoEcnbcr rncsrors'
shoUcTs vili begin. Although th~<'
mese7fids reEolve srosnd The sun N |.
debate orbit. the point of that orbit
intersection Utsh the orbit of the czrzf
moves forward ~ the rase of = desr~~
. sad half year. thus throgsnx an. sd
vsat of the sneteprs = few hoBrs lssr'
~ each sscoeedinE fan FDr example
the fall uf iS5s wcrurred on she nigh
% Ngvcnb.r - o. wiil be rtsltss'
throughout sbs Whole of she Norff
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