Word: planets
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...asked them to time the flight of each shooting light, watch carefully to see where the meteors originated. Since some of Dr. Olivier's amateur helpers have reported a shower this year, astronomers know that the meteorites have not been pulled out of their usual path by another planet as they were in 1899. In this case, the next two years should have brilliant display...
...century, should be looked for in the eastern part of the sky. The shower may last three or four nights. Dr. Fisher stated, and pictures will be taken at the observatory to determine the speed of the meteors and whether they are pieces of a live or dead planet. On November 16, 1929 about ten Leonids were counted during three of the early morning hours...
...airmail letter-recently received at the observatory from Professor Leuschner of the University of California transmitted observations made of the new planet Pluto at the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Wisconsin, indicating that the ninth planet, discovered last March, is following the course predicted...
Jupiter's Spot. Abbe Moreux. director of Bourges Observatory at Bourges, France, after looking at Jupiter for a month, announced that he had found another red spot on the planet. The patch is slowly growing bigger. He thinks it may be an immense frozen continent, 30,000 mi. long, 7,000 mi. wide. Other astronomers have seen these spots before, have not been able to find out what they were because they did not possess strong enough telescopes to study them. Just before the War a vivid spot was noted, was interpreted by the superstitious as a sign of bloodshed...
...stated never took up running seriously until near 40 years old, yet at 44 and 45 he had smashed to smithereens all former world's records whether amateur or professional for 50 and 100 miles. And strange to relate, but nevertheless true, Newton may have run on the planet Mars for all that American sports writers knew of his phenomenal performances, which indicated that our sports writers were none too well posted or familiar with what was being done elsewhere in this line of general athletics. Two years ago our papers were full of some "feats" in long distance...