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Show Page in HERALD, Provo, I'Ub. Thursday, August II, JO-T-HE IOSER THE BORN ByAnSomom Tell Me Why T Tnc vtkltil& ID What is a Light Year? LFOKl'M By A. tt, yyj. WORTH MARY . ,,. ssf i Owtss yes WE WERt 4 ON ThE HALL-I- CU1TE 7 TMP THiNfai OlT Thi4 WAV JACK' BJt 1 N NCTTOO aw UaB "4 J? ' lv - fMrM,iir- - (a'rty accurate answer to this mas made in 167S by Oiaus Roemer, a Danish astrwomer. I VJt-stio- km 'J j iMa-'-A- I w A j r nii. What a Diet! Tiger sharks in the Red Sea can reach II feei in length and have voracious appetites. They are known to have eaten such varied items as sea birds, garbage, tin cans, in one lumps of coal, and roll of a instance For example, take our own galaxy, the M.lky Way. The length of the Milky Way, from one end to the other, is about 100.000 light years. That's a much easier way of measuring it thar in miles In miles it would roofing paper. yard-wiu- e Gordon Bess J'vt ri DAD WITH Sf DaITWOKy, THATESEWCEOFCAT J -- TvVi LV I I httt:f j curtaining Copp rcRrC?cfr? THERE'S OvTR 100,000 IN CASH IN THE BOA OFFICE AND NO - J of one By GWLP.'.'-i- TS v 1 &CES--"6A- There is a certain number two digits If you multiply those digits, and multiply the product by two. you will grt the original number Can you figure out what the number is See tomorrow 's paper for the answer, Wia the New Book of Knowledge Yearbook. Send your ride let, -jukes, to: RIDDLES, JOKES: ME WHY!" INCLl'DE ZIP CODE. Today's winner is: DONNA ROPITZKY. 1J, Waterford.N.Y. of light had to be jt of the mums ei Jupiter and that they happened later and later as the earth nwved in its orbit, he w as able to judge how long it took like to travel across the earth's orbit. This was about 1.000 seconds. Since the diameter of the orbit was nearly 186,000.000 '4 ""he s SAYINi TO THE OLD DRAWING BOARD'- - TO WORK AND FOROET.' 1 mmM By Al theclipses By stud) ing 1 w GUARDS.'.' Light travels at a certain The first speed What speed SWEETHEARTS iMCRCNj EsEnEvE AND EE ' CCVTinjED E ' Mt tJ'L ABNER n Ernst & J . iur Jcr r U1 I UNCCNSCiO-'iLV,S- kx THAT SHE A Saunders By I WAS MvEfc iuRE. IfcSORRV O Q . the speed 100 000 be: mulLpited by s.aciwo.ooo.ooo. The nearest cluster of galaxies to our ovn group is about C KWuO light years away. Try measuring that in miles' FI N TIME The Riddle Box I Why did i man bring ! pairs of pants when he played golf? 2 astronomers call a light year. It What kind of ccat has to be put on is the uiJt which is used to wet 3 What has a head, but has measure distances in outer no hair space. Distances there are so ANSWERS great, that if such a unit of 1 Because he a hole in might measuremeni were not used, the one 2 A coat of paint S A pin. distances would have to be written in pages and pages of THE FI ZZLE BOX numbers. rrules. Kli the V Bik f HMlele about 186 (Mi rruies a second. ur 11 tolnraeil. Sred la modern times, other kddrru U experinents have determined quHtiooi. BaiM. -TLLL MC WHY!" car W tkit that the speed of light is 186.272 paper. ISOXDE ZIP CODE. U miles per second At this speed, case if duplicate itrstiww tb m one year a beam of liht will autar U1 cVride the viaaer. travel about S.880.000 000.000 it: KATHY miles. Today's aUtaY,I2,Clunab,0feia. 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