The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-25
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 SAYS PROF. TURNER
Milky Way It's Equatorial
 Belt, According to Theory
 of Members of Royal As. . tronomica1 societyof Eng land.

Washington, June 25.xA new and
 amazing theory Of the universe is put forward by Prof. HI H. Turner of the Royal Astronomical Society of Eng land. He holds that the whole conn muhfty of stars, numbering, he esti- in space in the shape of somewhat flattened globe, with the Milky Way for it's equatorial belt.
 Astronomers at the National Obser- vatory here are engrossed by Prof. Turner's view, which, they say, ex- plains in a new way Prof. Kapetyn's theory that the universe is composed of two vast. parallel streams of stars moving in opposite directions.
 "H," says Prof. Turner, "the earth g distance from the sun be represented by one inch, the nearest fixed star would be about five miles away The whole .conftmunity of stars would then be about the present size of. OUT earth and would contain about thousand million stars in all, scattered at dis tances so4e miles apart, more closely near the centreF and more widely near the surface.
 Real Equator of Stars.
 s"aThe general shape is not spherical Our earth is hattened at the poles. and the star community is probably more fattened. But more serious difference Is that whereas our earth has for equator only an imaginary line the, star communityk has a very real. and magnihcent belt. of extra stars: which we call the Milky Way. s 1as.;@l s; !
 Turning from dimensions and shape to internal History .w we shall find q more conY YeniHnt contrast in the; solar system. We are accugtofned to the control we al Il. submit, keeping at as-. signed distances from him and .receiv : ing benefits in the shape of light and heat s.But < the. star. community vjs "a, pure demOcracy, where control is vest, ed in the community at large, though No Ss partieuIsT I ii lisht @ or heat ss espan- 'ates from the seat sof governnlent, which sisx / However occupied flor a. brief. spell by every star in turn. The out-s 'ermosts are urged toward the centre by a utanimous .vnte; but as: they res come diHerent to the, contrary calls of the outer. stars add are affected only 15y those heater the centre than Ehe centre IS, however, only feached to sbe aband doned, and the Journey continues to the other side Of the cluster. when the return .commen- -.s.. - .ss.s Smaller; Excursions.
 s'sButs the majority of the stars do. uOL1 lI1fkko' JnlS tGxLTcIto.s JOuTu6y.ss ssl ncy are content with smaller excursions from isidec.t to side. Our sun is one of these and probably never .strays furthef than quarter of the far Hm- it's. Cur whole scil1ation, if we may trust precarioIs estimates, is about 4ee, ,000sOeO years: and we passed near the centrewhich lies in the constella- < ton Taurus, at a distance of about ninety light years from us-some ething under Ia million years ago. In this. more, crowded region did we meet with yicissitudes of interest to sseolo-
 .According to Prof. rurner's .idaa, the stars, with their satellites; and plane tary systems, travel back and forth from one side sto the other Of the star community not in ordinary clip ticaI orbits, Abut in very much datten- ed ellipses, and their pendulum-like swing is due to- the preponderating att traction of the star masses at the cen- tre of the star community
 z. His notion that no particular light or heat emanates from. the seat of ss,S that is, the central part of sthe ata Sa unity. raises a query
 I1ttie Chance Of Smash.
 What then is there at the centre of the universe? May it be the throne of a, Supreme Intelligence that rules creation2 There is at least no evil dence to the contrary.
 The chance that any two of the bil- Ilior stars will smash into each other