The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-29
NOT A DETACHED
PORTION OF CUR GLOBE
Rejects Entirely Long Accepted
Theories ASCrIbIng Earthly
Origin to the Moon


ment Il made b. Prof 7. = J. Sec,
as,ronomer IN charge Of the naval
observatory at Mare Island, that he
has mathematically proved q dlscoy'
ery that uae moon is planet cap
tured by the earth from space ANA
not detached portion OF our globe.
He rejects entirely the long accepted
theories OF iaplace and Sir George |
Darwin ascribing earthly origin 10 |
the moon and asserts that his DIS
eoyery Is supported BY rigorous |
mathematical proof based on the
methods Of Hlll polncare and Oar
Kin
prof Sees announcement was
made IN a paper presented TO the
meeting Of the Astronomical sOclcts |
OF the Pacific coast and Is a further
development Of his discovery pro
mulgatea last January that an plan.
cts and satellites nre captured
bodies, which have since had their
orbits reduced In slze and rounded
up under the sccuhr action Ut dhe
nehular resisting medium once per
vadsng the solar system "a iiis
former paper presenting this ;tsqly
Prof See showed how these bodies,
which once reyolved around the sun
Hike the asteroids now do. mad made
clfcnMs close about ihe planets, ln
the neighhorhuod 0f a planet Ike
Jupiter, the sphere ol the suns con-
troll wsaa shown to hnya an extension
OF pr0tnhecance on II Hike the neck
na hottie. OF hounglnSn Win very
uneuua bulbs. and when the small
bodies moving about the sun came
into this neck they conld revolye
about Jupiter and NJ many casQs
again return 20 their paths about
the sun. III other cases after re-|
volying about Jupiter they would be
captured by the action OF we nebul
Gus resisting Medium about she plni
es, and stay there forever as satel-
llles
ry revolving about the planet ior
long time their orbits would be
rounded up into almost perfect cir.
etes and made smaller and smaller
IN they became just Ike the saicl.
lite orbits are now observed 10 be.
sneh. be says. has been the origin
Of the satellites generally and tae
rings Of Saturn have had a similar
origin by the capture % waste neb'
ulusitg once circulating around tAe
sun. When this matter Is once
| brought IN near the planet, u can
not again escape but must stay
there pefmanentlg because in the
space near the planet tle planets
attraction is supreme,
til the case 0f The tarrestai moon,
| however, mnre than usual uncertain.
| ty existed as to how thla large satcl.
lite originated and special lnyeslI'
aailon of the problem had 10 be
made. The moons mass is relative
II very large, about one-eighlleth of
lae earlh's mass and then Dafwln's
argument lhel the moon had once
been pari OF the earth had to be
overcome This Professor See says,
| he has done with entire success. and
he has annuuncee that he has
proved automatically that our moon
too has been captured and has come
TO us from the heavenly spaces.
II was. &c gays, orlglnaliy q planet
| like Mercury, but not quite SO large
and moved about the sun al nearly
the same distance MS the earth. Then
II came between the sun AMI the
earth In such q way as to enter he
neck of space resembling a bottle
neck protecting from the suns
sphere OF control and enclosing the
earth. This neck was quite small
and narrow. but the bulk Of space
enclosing the earth and constituting
It's sphere of attraction was OF con-
siderable size. When the moon had
once lett tho suns control and gone
| into the bulb about the earth, II moi
with some resistance, and the neck
became closed 40 that the moon was
bottled ~" under the earth's con
| ir0l and could not escape. Hence II
has remained with tao earth ever
since. and win always abide with us.
lss revolving about the earth IN
the space controlled by our planet.
the moon has met with considerable
resistance. aud ia orbit has become
smaller and smaller and also round
er and rounder Thus lt has come
nearer aud nearer the earth, but
never has been closer than at pres.
eni. Thus" no concludes. 'Dar
wins theory Of The moons deiach,
ment from the earth Is overihrown.
and an entirely new theory developed
which has the support OF all lle
highest mathematical science now
| known
IN a second paper communicated
| 10 the Astronomical society 90 lhc
| Pacific. Professor See explained ihe
| famous outstanding Inequality Of slS
aeeonds N he secular hccelemilon
af the nmn'e mean molten He
sald isis neuurbailon IN the meoN's
meifep haa boon f,~ei fr'
| Lev In the slHe Of Newton Il was
| nafllally exnIalnfd Ny Ienlpce n.
| I7s7. bul gravity aloae wouM not