Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 66, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 August 1928 — Page 14

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WATCH HEAVENS FOR SHOWER OF SHOOTINGSTARS Meteoritic Phenomenon Will Be Visible Saturday Night. WASHINGTON. Aug. 7.—Watch the northeastern sky Saturday night, and even into the early morning hoiirs cf Sunday. Then you will be rewaiued by a sight oi some of the meteors, or “shooting stars” of the famous Perseid shower. But though it is called a “shower’’ one should not expect anything approaching a shower of rain. True there have been showers of meteors in the past, when the entire sky has been covered with thousands oi them, like the ribs of a gigantic umbrella. Such a shower is very rare, ;nd no one can tell when one will ./gain ocffir. On-almost any clear night a careful watcher can probably see half dozen meteors flash across the sky in the ocurse of an hour. At the time of the Perseids, however, this number may greatly increase, so that one can easily see an average of one a minute, or evenmore ‘This month they will be easily visible because the moon will be out of the way, and Saturday night will be dark. When there is a full moon in the sky at the time of the shower, its brilliance, while not making the meteors completely invisible, at least makes them less less conspicuous. Swarm Around Sun The name of the Perseid shower comes from the location of what astronomers call the radiant. That is, the ordinary casual meteors that one sees on any night may float across the sky in any direction. The meteors of a shower, however, all seem to radiate from a particular part of the sky. In case of the August shower, the radiant, or point from which they seem to come, is in the constellation of Perseus, which can be seen high in the northwestern sky after midnight. Actually, the meteors are not coming from a point. They are moving in parallel paths. In the distance these paths seem to come together, in the same way that the tracks of a railroad seem to come to a point in the distance, even though they are actually the same distance apart at all places. These meteors travel around the sun in a huge swarm. Probably all parts of this path along which they travel are densely populated with them, but some parts more than others. In August, the earth in its own travels’ around the sun, crosses the path of the meteors. Then they fall into the earth’s atmosphere, but the friction generated by the friction with the air soon burns them up in a flash of light that we may see. When the earth happens to cross the meteoric orbit at the same time as one of the very dense accumulations, they are unusually numerous 1 , and a shower such as that of some past years is the result. Form Meteor Club One thing about the study of meteors that makes it of interest is that it is one of the few branches of astronomy in which serious study can be made without the aid of a telescope. Under the guidance of Prof. Charles P. Olivier, of the Flower Observatory of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, hundreds of these amateur astronomers reports regularly on the meteors they observe. They are gathered together into an organization called the American Meteor Society. As there are many parts of the country where none of their members are located, Professor Olivier is anxious to receive more reports from these volunteer observers. He has announced that he will be glad to receive any inquiries. Boy Drowns in Creek Bn Times Special KIRKLIN, Ind., Aug. 7.—Albert D. Roberts, 11, son-of Mr. aqd Mrs. Richard Roberts, was drowned while swimming in Sugar Creek, after stepping into a deep hole. This was the first drowning in Clinton County this year.

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The earth is about to keep its annual date with Perseids and anyone who cares to stay up until after midnight on the night of Aug. 11 has a good chance of getting an eyeful. On that night, one is certain according to the astronomers, to observe a brilliant shower of shooting stars. One can see meteors on other nights in the year, but the show put on by the Perseids is the- biggest and most brilliant of all. The diagram above shows how the earth, in its journey around the sun passes into the meteor belt, so that “shooting stars” are visible in great abundance. Below is a photograph of the largest meteor ever to come to earth in the United States. It fell near Portland, Ore.; an idea of its size is given by the two boys who are nestling in its cavities.

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