Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
STARS
BRIGHTEN NKlRN
guSt Heavens Well Worthy
Of Contemplation
Of the Most Conspicuous Con-
,IIatiOnS Is the Dragon, Between
the Two Bears

+ B: Last quarter on the 18th, new
+ the 14th, first quarter on the 22d
full on the 18th. The moon will
b perigee on the 9Th and in ap0gee
he goth.
+ te moon presents TO us some teat-
4 no Ouner celestial BODY aces, and
OF tnese is UnaC she Always Keeps
same side toward us. mis- Is
ever, the natural consequence Of
accomplishing one revolution
It une earth IL the same time she
Drms one rotation on her axis. II
{ ngular that this appears rather
d IeMng to not a lew, although
ing can be palmer. suppose a
on moves in a circle wnlie con-
& lily facing an object in the center
+ ne circle. When one circuit is
pieted tine person has made one
stion about his axis. Or else place
+ bill on the extremity of a crank
. horizontal position which is fast
4 to a vertical shaft. Let the crank
live, thus carrying the ball along.
. r the crank has made one revOlu-
the ball has performed one rota-
Now some positively deny in
Ease of the person that the person
billy turns on his axis, and in the
\ Of the ball that the ball really
on its axis. They say there is
rotation. However, there is moth
more true than that in either
{ there is an actual rotation. The
on, as well as the ball. has two
net motions; first, the motion Of
Station, which carries the center
ravity of either person or ball in
s'cle around the center Of the circle
5he axis of the shaft; secondly,
additional motion of rotation
nd line drawn through the cen
Of gravity Of the person or ball
lei to a perpendicular through
center of the circle or TO the
le following definition of rota-
N is important and not difficult OF
|brehension: A body "rotates'
never a line drawn from its CEN
of gravity outward, through any
\ L selected at random in its mass,
RIDES a circle in the heavens. In
equence of the fact that the moon
S on her axis in the same time in
h she makes one revolution round
earth the earth to an observer on
moon would never rise or set. At
one place on the moon the earth
Id always be seen in the same
g in the sky, subject only to
. lt oscillations from the libra
5. To an observer in the middle
he moons disk visible to us the
ia would always be in the zenith;
5 bne at the edge of the disk the
f b would always be on the horizon,
lie from any point on the other
the earth, of course, would
pr be seen. Since the phases of
moon depend solely upon the
tive position Of the sun, earth
moon, the earth, though stationary
he heavens to an observer on the
{ IN. would present all the phases
moon undergoes, but these phases
/ Id be exactly opposite to those OF
moon. When the moon Is new the
h would be full, and while the
pm increases from new to full the
h would decrease from full to new.
m the fact that to an observer on
moon the earth would appear sta
larry it by no means must be con-
f led that the earth would appear
|iOnary relative to the stars, fol
Sc would rise and set as they dc
us. but it would take them two
ks. instead of twelve hours, tC
s from east to west.
HE SUN AND THE PLANETS.
he sun during the month of Au
6 will move through an arc O
put ten degrees north decllnation
d at the termination of the mont
nearly nine degrees north of thu
&ator. The planet Mercury viii
cessively in the consultations o
mini. Cancer and Leo, While Venu
hing the greater portion of tn
nth will be in Leo. but toward tn
in Virgo. Since this planet doe
set before a little after S O'Clock
3may be seen low down in the west
rs is in Virgo and later ON wi
near the first-magnitude star Spice
+ h which it will almost simuitar
+ isly set at about 10 minutes pas
+ o'clock Jupiter and Saturn al
Nm adjoining the constellation Sag
sarius. the former setting about
lock in the morning, the latte
slf an hour later. Sagittarius wi
on the meridian about 9 o'clock
evening. and especially favorab
observation
THE SHOOTING STARS.
we have already on one or two o.
sions mentioned that at certai
mes the shooting stars appear
sany thousands for a few hours,
'lenomenon called a meteoric Shove
IThile ordinary shooting stars mo
all directions, apparently witho
system. at the time Of showers tn
4 l seem to emanate or rather radia
.om a fixed point. which for tn
ascn is called the radiant"
seps its place among the stars Il
hanged during this whole contin
& bee of the shower. Just accOrdi
the radiant is situated the show
{ as rs name. The shower whC
Eldiant Is situated in the constel
1 - In Is called that of the Ianni