The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02
AGREkT CENTRAL sun
Madler's Theory Is That Il is the
Star Aloyone.
THE CENTER or GRAVITY.

| According to ths Astronomsr, the
Principal star Of the Plsisdss 10 the
Body Around Which All crtatsd
Matter Within Our Ken Rsvelvss.
1t has been the dream Of all the ro-
mantle astronomers since the time OF
Copernicus to prove the existence Of
central sun, says Lawrence Hodges,
writing In the New York Tribune. BY
this is meant heavenly body as much
larger than the sun as the sun itself
Is larger than the earth. round which
| the sun, with all its planets. must re-
volve. 1t has been proved that the
sun ana all its satellites are rushing
forward through space with enormous
velocity. but whether the motion waB
In a straight lire or circular p6th
was not proved for some time.
But even IL It was proved a curved
path and that there probably existed
a central sun that transcribed the
earth's lord In size. why couldn't we
zee it? The only answers are that II
would have to be mountainous or else
so far away that the light hadn't reach.
ed us yet. But II all the stars. fnclud-
ing our sun. were childreB-of this big
sun, just as the earthgisr the child OF
the sun and the moon Of the earth,
they would have had to have been
flung of from the big sun with a
greater velocity than that Of light In
order for the big sun not to be visible
and still be luminous; also the big sun
would have to be luminous II any of
Its children were. for that Is the In.
variable law Of the heavens. So the
problem simmered down to hndius 4
star or group Of stars that would take
the place of the central sun.
The motion of the solar system hav.
ing been settled as to fact, quantity
and direction. astronomers set about
to find the center Of gravity of the
whole astral system, for there, II any
where. the central sun was to be
found. An astronomer named Mad
Ter thought he had found the star to
satisfy the necessary conditions In tn
constellation known as Taurus, or the
Bull A closer search proved the spe-
cial star under examination to be lack.
ing In some of the conditions, so this
one was left and the search begun
anew. This same astronomer persist.
ed In his search with wonderful
faith in his theory and at last ,fohbd
q star fulfilling In the most wonderful
and complete manner the necessary
conditions. Every one is familiar with
the beautiful little cluster known 40
the Pleiades. or seven stars. The teles-
cope. however. shows fourteen stars
clustered about the beartiful and bril-
liant star AlcyoDe. which Is the OPP
teal center Of this group. -.
The proper motions Of all these have
been determined with great exactness.
They are all ID the same direction and
are all nearly equal to each other and.
what is still more important, the mean
Of their proper motions diners from
that of the central star. Alcyone. BY
only one-thousandth Of a second OF
arc In right ascension and by only
wo-thousandths OF second in dech
nation. Here. then. Is found a mag
nificent group Of suns either actually
allied together and sweeping together
through space or else composing a
cluster so situated as to be affccted
by the same apparent motion produced
by the suns progression through the
celestial regions. w
But an extension Of the limits Of re-
search round Alcyone exhibits also the
wonderful truth that out Of 40 stars
being within 10 degrees of this center
there are sixty moving south-that Is.
In the same direction-in full accord
ance with the hypothesis that Alct one
Is the center. forty nine showing trac-
| tically no motion, while only one SIN
gle individual that moves at all con.
trary to the computed motion. Thus
was Madler's profound speculation
justified. Furthermore, assuming A..
cyone as the grand center OF the nil.
lions of stars composing our sstral sys.
tenn and the direction Of the suns mo-
| ton 10 be as before mentioned. Mad
Ter investigated the consequent move.
ments Of all the stars in every quarter.
OF the heavens. ~ Hrs,
should be found 10 accordance with
this assumption there they actually cx-
ist. this either demonstrating the truth
Of the theory or else showing a we'll
nigh impossible series OF oiueidepces
Therefore the cohcfuson given out bN
Nader is that Alycone,y the principal
| star OF the Plelades. now occupies the
center Of gravity and Is at present the
great central sun about which the uni,
verse OF stars and all created matter.
within our ken is revolving, eaeh en-
tity in its own special path.