Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-13 | Page 6 | 'Aurora' Lost through Error

'MM LOST THROUGHERROR MinorPlavnetReported Miulng for 12 Year ' 1 c BERKELKT. CaL. July II (By A. P.J Dr. A. O. Leuachaer. proresaor at astronomy at tha Ualveralty of Csllforala here. Dr. B. Thlela, as assistant astronomer af Lick Observatory, Ob-servatory, and a number of advanced ad-vanced students bava atartad a computation com-putation on tha tiny asteroid "Ou-rors." "Ou-rors." which waa lost to ths eclen-tlflo eclen-tlflo world for twelve years. Aa effort Is being mads by tha University Uni-versity at California, ta aolva ua motion of Aurora. Tha little body. ae of tha aev-eral aev-eral hundred minor planeta which revelva about the sua between Mara and Jupiter, baa given astronomers much trouble alnoe Ita discovery a quarter century ago. Although a considerable amount of computing haa bean dona aa tha astsroia a orbit, or-bit, arrora were made many yeara aga which reaulted In the asteroid a becoming "lost" for twelve yeara Meveral yeara ago It waa rediscovered redis-covered at soma distanea trom the point whera calculations predicted It should ha Working wllh data resulting from obeervatlona of Aurora Au-rora alnca her rediscovery, University Univer-sity at California aslronemsra have bsen able to detect Important errors made by Oarmaa aalroaomsra yeara "Tha problem, local astronomers atate, la ana of oonetderaoie dlffleul. ty becauee of the aearneea of tha asteroid to Jupiter aad Hat urn. twa mighty bodies which are continually, pulling Aurora out ot tha path lain down tor It by tha aun. It la te the calculations of tha effeot of these disturbers that tha wark la aaw being be-ing directed by Profeeeor Leuacnnsr. and montho at mathematical work wilt ba required before tha problem prob-lem 01 Auroras motion la solved, the pratesaar states.