Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-25 | Page 10 | Tiny Planetoid Neighbor of Earth Hailed as Solar System Yardstick

Tiny Planetoid Neighbor of Earth Hailed as Solar System Yardstick In Br fly A Pro Ire run i LAKE G GENEVA A. A WIs Ma May 25 25 The earth has a new neighbor in the heavens a tiny planetoid so close that astronomers here and elsewhere are regarding it with unusual interest Its discovery by Dr Karl of the Heidelberg Germany observatory observatory announced last night was de described described described de- de scribed by Dr Edwin Brant Frost internationally famous astronomer as exceedingly important because he said it would be of special value in determining the distance between the earth and the sun The new planetoid named nineteen nineteen nineteen nine teen two thirty lL IL A A. can attain a 1 proximity of about miles to the earth It is the first planetoid to pass within the earths earth's orbit The TheUn Un tiny wanderer only a few miles In diameter follows an elliptical orbit between the earth and Venus There Is no danger of or a collision with the world however because it crosses the earths earth's orbit south of the ellipse The new object said Dr Frost who is head of ot the Yerkes observatory will make possible a much more accurate scale of the universe For instance we do not know at present the distance between the earth and sun within miles Measurements with the aid of the new body should enable us to determine determine determine deter deter- mine the distance within miles