New-York tribune., 1909-06-06

--a= Al that vve know OF the structure 81 .
comet - head teaches Us 10 heil.ve that minute
-rs -.a-tered as are the planets comprising
fr-e -lu - miniature worlds. they are Sufil-
.---.--- compact 10 effect the destruction II a
..r.- 5a~ilng al full speed INTO their midst
AZ -.-- part q is tourney. HALEY comet ad-
-a-..- n the rate OF about eight hundred miles
ID. minute. rushing onward with velocity ot
,r-- .-e thousand miles q minute after L has
passed --a danger zone
Maybe He Coz It's Picture
n -av of hope Illummes the darkness II
- doubt behind which the comet lies con-
.eaI.. D- Max Wolf Of Heidelberg an IN
-,tr-a-s uurSuer of asteroids. has recently St
.1--. a photograph of one Of these objects,
Hf-.- l- has named ccnditionaily Planet EN-,
and a---~stes Il a. bang Of the eighteenth
-lla.-----.ie 7l1sr bright enough 10 be captured
g.. -g .--rlera- Il Is very close 70 the predicted
place.. HALEY comet. and has something Ike
;ae .-1e rate Of motion. According to \ c
tr.-.--..--l. Al authority on the subject who
-e ra-r g-u-Ious II ms statements, Il - not
at-. .-.-.v impossible but that Il might be a
la--- ina age Of II 4lieV comet He would not
-s- -..-- than that but Il j. sufficient 10
--..--- nope concerning the return "I the eN-
Te..e. w4ndereT- Probably II has been de
Ginning 70 SIZE. and may not be 50 imposing q
e-r -- popular imagination has pictured Il,
in- -- -s1-hern skies Il will be seen at It's best
.--rr -Ht coming winter Unfortunately II
sat. -ee--E minutes before the total eclipse OF
tra .-r-l winch xii occur Ma = 1910. and VIII
D. .r-5 .e IL Tasmania. Otherwise. the mhabI-
r..-... .- that part 81 the world would ENJOY the
,r.----.,rlt spectacle Il the comet and the
..-.-a --s.1le II the darkened sky a. the same
s-,--a-r
j. -ls searctIrlg for HALEY comet q number
gt te-o1ds q planeto'ds as they are sometimes
t4..s. have been discovered 50 that theIr mum
t.- q. increasing with InC0nyen.ent TapIdIty.
Dr. ..- they are nov regarded as q loke and
a---.-anners are more annoyed than pleased at
su.l discoveries Al a recent meeting OF the
X .-.l Astronomical Society. one astronomer
vgtrt 80 far as to remark 1ocosely- II should be
--- ie al offeTse punishable 10y flne OF lnpTisoI!-
-l.-r u discover any more MINOR planets:
They have become an Intolerable nuisance, and
..-. q great burden upon the astronomers VINO
haze 70 keep pace with them and record them.
] lave never seen during the last few years,
a. any rate any good come from them or any
li.sly 10 come / should Ike TO SEE the supply
r1red and the energies of the German gentle
IN Max Wolf Of Heidelberg " who finds
MANY. turned INTO more promising chan
-.ls"
However. If the planet EW proves 10 be the
mp expected comet then the German gen
.erTlan Will surely feel that his efforts were
worth while and that he has been instrumental
- finding z gem amid hundreds 81 worthless
r--bFI,-s Il ranks with a treasure trove de
iected by Herr Nitt Of the UraTia Observatory,
Berlin n 1895, by means Of photography. On
examining a celestial photograph, Herr WITT
discovered d most interesting little planet
which has since proved 10 be only about twenty
miles n diameter Il comes nearer TO the earth
than anv other heavenly object except the
moon or an occasional comet and 10y Its means
We hope 10 determine more accurately the true
distance Of the sun from the earth, which IS
still uncertain by one hundred thousand miles
This Is a most important factor, as II IS used
f,v astronomers aS q valuable unit Of measure
rneat The planet, which has been named
Eros, VIII approach the earth within fifteen
million miles IN 1924, and viii then furnish an
opportunity for the necessary observations