Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-26
MOON CAPTURED FROM
SPACE BY THE EARTH
Prof. See, Naval Astronomer, Makes
Startling Announcement to
Society Of The Pacific.
REJECTS OLD THEORY ENTIRELY
Rigorous Mathematical Proof, He De-
clarcs. Supports His Assertion That
Lapiace and Darwin Were Wrong In
Aserlbins Earthly Origin to the
Dead Planet.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 26.--An-
nouncement was made tonight by
Pref T j. J. See, astronomer In
charge of the Naval Observatory az
Mare Island. that he has mathemau-
cally proved a discovery mat the
moon is a planet captured by the
earth from space and not detatehed
portion of our globe. He rejects en-
tireiy the long accepted theories OF
Ianlace and Sir. George Darwin as
cribing earthly origin To the moon ana
asserts that his discovery is supported
hy rigorous mathematical proof based
on the methods of Hill. Pioncare ana
Darwin.
Prof Sees announcement was made
In n paper presented to the meetinh
of the Astronomical Society OF the
Pacific Coast and is a further develop
ment Of his discovery promulgated
last January that all planets and
satellites are captured bodies, when
have since had their orbits reduced
in size and rounded up under the secu-
lar action of the nebular resisting
medium once prevailing the solar
In his former paper present.
ing this theory, Prof. See showed
how these bodies, which once re-
yo,ved around the sun like the as
teroids now do, had made circuits
close about the planets. In the neigh :
borhood of planet like Jupiter. me
sphere of the Suns control was shown
to have an extension or protuber-
ance on il. like the neck OF bottle,
or hour glass with very unequaf
bulbs. and when the small bodies
moving about the Sun came into this
neck they could revolye about Jupiter,
and In many cases again return to.
their paths about the sun. In other
cases after revolving about Jupiter
/. they would he captured by the seton
, Of the nebulous resisting medium
about the planet. and stay there fer
ever as satellites.
Origin Of Planets.
BY revolving about the planet for
a long .ime, their orbits would 90
rounded mp into almost perfect circles.
and made smaller and smaller. I'll:
they became Just Ike the satellite
orbits are now observed to be- Sncn.
he says. has been the origin OF the
steeilites generally. and the rings OF
Saturn have had a similar origin BY
the capture Of waste nebulosity once
circulating around the sun When
this matter Is once brought In near
the planet. II cannot escape. but must
stay there permanently because In the
space near the planet the planets
attraction is supreme.
In the case Of the Terrestrial Moon.
however. mere than usual uncertain
ty existed as to how this large sta
elite originated and special In
vestigation Of the problem had to be
made. The moons mass IL relative
" very large. about one-eigntieth OF
the earth's mass. and then Darvin's
argument that the moon had one been
a part ~ the earth had 10 De over
come. This Professor See says. he
has done with entire success. and 10
night he announced that he had
proved automatically that our moon
too had been captured and had come
to us from the heavenly spaces
Stolen From Another.
Il vas. he says. originally a planet
like Mercury. but not quite so large.
and moved about the sun at ecariy
the same distance as the earth Then
II came between the sun and The
earth in such a way as to enter me
neck Ct the space resembling bottle
neck projecting from the suns sphere
Il contrai and enclosing the earth. This
neck was quite small and narrow. Dat
the bulb Of the space enclosing the
earth and constituting rs sphere q
attraction was Of considerable size
When the moon hal once left the
suns control end gone into the Duio
about the earth. u net With sSme &c
s.. lance. aud the BECK, became ciosed-
80 that the moon was bottled uP
uader the earth's controls and could
not escape. Hence Il has rcmoincd
with the earth ever since. and ~iii
always abide with e.
BY revolving about the earth IN the
space controlled BY or planet. the
rlocn has met with considerable 70
sis;ancc. ano 10 orbits has tecome
smaller and Smaller and also rouadsr
and rounder. Tins Il has come near
er and nearer the eSrlb. but never
has been closer than - preefrt
-snus.- h. cupclades. DarviE's no
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