Show its discovery in 1899 has only of bate received authentic confirmation one of the most interesting recent cal discoveries is that of phoebe the ninth satellite of announced in b prof william H P er ng a having b en fouad oa pro made at the I 1 a vard uni hersity observatory at arequipa in peru the data sa s yo ith a coa pan on v ere not then sufficient to furnish a satisfactory u ermin alion her orbit confirmation of the discovery has been long delayed probably because th planet haa been ng the re gian of th giuy wai where star are so num is that its would be d natura lv astrino mers had become somewhat sl optical as to s real existence suspect ing that haaf been made in interpreting faint spot on the i but complete confirmation comes a lat in a harvard b laletin ju hsu stating that the satellite in been boand again upon numerous arequipa plates 11 ot which made in aad since last april furnish the cleme its for a revon ably accurate prediction ot its pos tion the calc of the orbit la we 1 in hand and the results will b s ven in a vol me of the harvard annals to appear the sate lit Is e small probably too faint to b seen trough any existing tele cope but tie can photograph what cannot be seen As to its orbit all that can be aalde at present 1 that the distance fermi the planet aust be between 7 and 8 iroles and the period of bo it 17 months t ir ther and more arecie n we must av alt the fini hed ola of the s t satellites diacove d ing the list century all bajt the site lite nep ne were foun 1 bv astronomers the i satellite ot b bond in 1819 the two sate altes of mars by hull in 18 7 jupi ter s satellite by barnard in 1892 an 1 new phoebe |