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Show Maybe Sew, May he OI J Astronomers Report Discovery of Planet I Perhaps It was new, maybe it ; was old. but "1948 - AA1 had flashed Into the ken of astronomers as a "minor" planet. Showing little originality, the telescope-peepers telescope-peepers dubbed it With the numeral of the year in which It appeared it whs traveling a route, they said, which brings tt within Ml) million miles of earth. further study will be required to determine whether the object Is a new, or just an old-timer planet making s new appearance Its next close approach will be in July. l'.MM. Ihere are about 1.51K) known minor planets believed to be rem- nants of larger cctctt.al bodies j which shattered. |