The Paducah evening sun., 1910-04-06

land superstition associated with A..
appearance in 145G are not now to b,
looked for. it is safe to say that IN,
nightly presence in our sky of thi.
monster of celestial depths will ex
cite universal interest. 1t is with {
view of enabling one TO keep track
of this stranger for a time, that The
following dates and facts are brought
together.
ION the 18th OF May the comet
crosses back into the evening sky and
will be about that time at its biggest
and its nearest to earth. IL is al
about that time also that earth and
moon are expected to pass through
the comets tail. In that period
there will be ten days or 30 of won.
derful evening views, after which tn,
comet will somewhat rapidly retir,
into space and fade from view"
Itinerary of the Comet.
April Comets distance, $780,.
0O0.0 miles.
April Comet rises, 4:44 a. m.
April 12-Comet moving more
than 100000 miles an hour.
April 16-Comet rises, 3:45 a. m.
April 19-Comet at perlhelion-
nearest the sun; speed fastest, 1878
miles a minute.
April 24-Comet rises, 1903 a m. +:
now turns back east among the con-
lstellations.
May comets distance from the
earth. $4,000. 900 miles; close to We
nus in the sky today.
May Comet rises, 2:3s a. m. !:
earth crosses comets path. where
comet will be May 26, but not in the
same plane
May Comet 5 degrees south OF
star Gamma Pegasi.
May S-Comet rises 2:4G a. m.
Comets greatest elongation west of
the sun, as seen from the earth.
Comet 10 degrees north of Venus.
May 9-Comet crosses Venus path
retreating.
May 1O-Comet rises, 2:24 a. m;
distance from earth, $4,000. 300
miles.
May 12-Comet rises, 1882 a. m.
May 14-Comet rises, 2:40 a. IN.
May 15-Comet rises, 2:49 a. IN.
May 16-Comet rises. 3:OS a. m. (;
degrees south of star Alpha Arie-
tbs.
May 17-Comet rises. 1892 a. m. (;
distant IL. 700 900 miles. about its
nearest; came within half that in
l1S35.
May 1S-Earth and comet passing;
comet in conjunction with the sun
on the nearer side, and at the same
time at descending node, the two re-
sulting in a transit OF tho comet
across the suns face, occurring be
tween 1871 and 1:45 a. m, eastern
time. hence invisible in this country.
but between 6:21 and 6:45 a. M,
Greenwich time. hence visible in Eu-
rope. Asia and Africa. Earth and
moon now proceed TO pass through
the comets tail, but without result.
May 19-Comet again in evening
sky, appearing ever higher in west,
and moving rapidly; today 31z de
grees north of Aldebaran.
May 20-Comet sets, S:11 p. m;
enormous size.
May 21-COmet just where Il was
among the stars about October 1: to-
day passes close to Gamma Gemini.
Comet sets, 9:12 D. m.
May 22-Comet sets. 9:5T p. m;
passes ~ degrees north OF Procyon.
May 23-Comet sets, 1928 p. m.
May 24-Comet sets. 1924 p. m.
May 25-Comet sets, 1885 p. m.
May 26-Comet sets, 11:O6 p. m.
crosses beneath earth's path. at a
distance therefrom of about G,000,-
900 miles. In retreating into space.
May 27-Comet sets, 11;17 p. m.
May 2S-Comet sets 11:22 D. m.
May 29-Comet sets, 1928 p. m.
May 3O-Comet sets 1929 D. m;
now gradually approaches the sun
again, as seen from the earth, and
fades away as II retires into space.
July f--1DnACA tiOcotc pdlut
retreating; again retires behind the
sun during the month Of July.
July 27-Earth passes the perihe-
lion point of comet, where it was
April 19.
August-Comet passes again into
morning sky, but visible only in tele-
scopes.
September 11-One year since dis
covery OF comet by Wolf, of Heidel-
berg, then distant $50 100000 miles.
May 20, 1911-Comet crosses Jupi
ter's path, in retreat.
A. d. 19s5-19s9-Halley's comet
next due.
No Danger of Collision.
The planets of the solar system
Mercury. Venus. Earth. Mars, Jupi-
ter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
travel in concentric paths, so spaced
apart that, though they move in
nearly the same plane, there is not
the slightest possibility of collision.
But, though we have found that a
comets path is something definite
as much so as that of a panet-ye,