Deseret Evening News | 1910-08-06 | Page 1 | Professor See Has New Theory

PROFESSOR S SEE E EHAS HAS NEW THEORY United States Naval Astronomer I Establishes General Cause Of Variable Stars EXPLAINS CAUSE OF LIGHT Sti Star Slums Sll Arc Ime ll 11 nf of aim I il I with lt is I ism sad a J II i I hg l 1 1111 1111 TI mm I alJo CM Cal Aug 1 11 uty 6 Announcement nt Is la made bv bl Prof T l J J See H States Siule navy ni the time noted astronomer In 1 of the tho naval observatory at a Mure Island Inland that he lie hI succeeded In Ine establishing e the cause ause of vari variable li able stars Itara For KOI the lie post past two years yearn eRr See lius listi hl hoen Ioel il wIh extensive ve In evolution tion tien lon which have given ghen an sa entIrety entirely new a lot to the maid and Ind have under tile the nalo of Sf the e theory thor Tho main cause given to 10 explain tha Iha round form of or planetary orbits and other heavenly Is I P a R of or nebulous malarial which U is I chown hown to be he diffused In Iii 11 the Iho 16 15 ninny mutiny variable stars stare have lints been hen dl tI cov colrud ruil In Iii II tar star r Clusters elu ler especially at sit tho thu Harvard by b Pickering and nn Hallcy sorno of ot those having uteri been III critically studied by h of the tho tie Verken Yerkes oh ob In n anti and n the time periods verlo nl of light variation found tu to be b an IlI rou ro u as IH the tho motion of ot a perfect clock lIk so 80 that Ihal fluctuation of or light ot of f these vir ir r rAble Able could be b to 10 measure masure tInt tl almost at as accurately us Ds the 1 of ot time tho o earth rth about abolt Us Its Is axis In 11 certain clusters the Ih variables are lo to II b b be counted by time the hundred II n others very ver few can onti cl be b found lound this fact foci lists has hn boon ben very ory 1 to astronomers ll careful investIgatIons Prof See tee Soda that thai the duster variables are Irl suns sune at ot Ilde by b planets which revolve in close proximity In Iii II short elmort hof periods antI and that thai after afler passing through perihelion l they Ih tile plunge In a u medIum ot or nebulosity so 0 tint that the light suddenly blazes blaze up and Ind afterwards dies down gradually Some SOI Sorn clusters cluster are arc full ful of nebulosity while others are lre quite quit free from It I According to 10 Prof Proc 8 B Ike e thle accounts account for fOI tha the abundance of variables In certain clusters and their almost amos olmo t to t total lal tal absence In others ANOTHER THEORY Prof See Sen says en ho lie has hn also that the Ih blazing biasing forth at ot new stars no nosy ll v anil anit Ilten In the tle hrIna l by h the actual erm on fl revolving lx ut them themis The stars Ilaf generally raly are arl now proved to I be attend attended ed Id by 11 systems system Islen of Ir planets similar lj to l those which revolve about the Iho sun scull Prof Prot Sec Ses I asserts that any ally an star slur such as R our oui sun cull will wi have hao In 1 the long lon run runa a tt collision of once olce In iii a hundred billion years 1 The rise lh great grent Krot length or period p be between l tween the Ih collision shows that In gen general gln eral cral such catastrophe do ICI not Mt affect tile the Ih safety of the tho universe