Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, October 25, 1899, Image 4
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SKY WILL SHOWER
MYRAIDS OP STARS.
Grand Meteoric Display Expected
Next Month.
FREGMEMT8 OF A GREAT
COMET.
Every Tjirty-Three Years Com?
the Leonids. Remnants ot a
Comet Which Burst 3,300
Years Ago.
Washington Post.
The Leonids are coming. On
the night of (be 14th <>f next
month tnore will pour from the
heavens the most remarkable and
spectacular stream of shooting
stars ever predicted by astronomers.
In Washington the scientists
of the United States naval
observatory are making elaborate
preparations for observing
the coming appearance o( the
Leonids, while throughout the
colleges, universities, and a stroll
omical observatories of the Unit
. ed States and of the world thousands
of tnen trained to a knowledge
of the stars are awaiting
with eager interest- an opportuni
ty observe the grandest ol ceiestial
-phenomena.
Once every i!nrt\ three years
the wondrous spectacle ?>l mill
ions of stars (ailing out of the
heavens is witnessed by the hu
man rue. ?a seemingly long tune,
this thirty three years, a generation'iu
the line <>f man, a second
in the eternity of the heavens.
A goodly percentage of persons
are living today whose age exceeds
this average ?> linrnutexis
tence ; smaller by tar is the mini
ber whose year-, exceed three
score and six; while the world
contains only an infinitesimal
proportion ol uien an 1 women
whose years will . -ah the ex
trerne limit m' mm . > and ninety
and nine. Hut the assertion is
safe that there are none living
today whoso eyes have ever behold
the cataclysm of living lire
which pours from the sky when
the orbit of the Leonids intersects
that of the earth who will not
bear forever in mind the memory
of that spectacle. At any rate, if
the calculations of the astronomers
who aro heralding throughnil
f (llti ** / *? I A f h/. ?? ^..4
uun I1UIUI IIIC ucai I v-MlJIIIJC U!
the Leonuls do not fail this magnificent
and awe inspiring sight
will be viewed by tens of millions
of tiie me 111 hers o! the ureat general
republic 011 the I4tb of November
of this year.
So relatively r-tre is the appear
a 11 co of the I.^.' litis that questions
r.:-lurul'.j :st at hem- -Ivi s t
the ordin-try pe-.-o;i a ??. what i .
T" !it\ ; r the Leonid , " f.'-'O <!'
they fiiirio Irom. and how is it
possible to j l? ?;?:? the I i i m one
os- Micro .-ho -tit ^ t^r { "hi:
]'. -stions have boon answered ir
r art by eaI'-i:Jation? and ' -">rva
ti'm", act: :n p:<rt by well founded
theories ?>f astronomers.
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[ urn n muni, UfllllilH COlirSt'
throughout the regular courses of
the stars. T.ie length of the orbit
which it travels varies from a
comparatively small distance of
a few hundred millions of miles
to one which reaches into the
thousands of billions. The time
which different comets take in
completing their orbits varies!
from three and a half to a linn1
dred thousand years. The precise
ness of astronomical knowledge
is such that the exact rate per
! second of the movement of tlie
i bodies can he determined and the
time at which they wiil arrive at
any given poiui in theirorbit can
( be predicted to the second.
W hen the statement, is made
?n? ii?, i i -? . i-... .i.
, .ii' ii i ii ii i 1111" lii-uiuw- ii i ti :jiil l IIP
' frairmt iitof a f.irmor comet ami
t!>:11 tho^o fragments are follow
ing ihe ? ??;i; -c? pursued in bv?rone
,
airps l?v mat comet, it will be
readily seen that there is nothing
(remarkable in the further Htat?*- j
J merit that modern astronomers'
I can pie.dicl almost the exact time
I at which the November meteoric
showers will make their appearlance.
The swarm of particles!
which formed the onco glorious
orb known as Tern pel's comet now ;
; pursue in the outer darkness of
?pac?? the identical path which J
they followed when parts of a
(composite whole.
1 ' II." L' r\ ?1 f> 11 l"i t* t 11 .1 limirn ' "f tl."
heaven--, the Leonid* are hut in-.
! fant-\ According to 1'rof. Simon |
Neucomb, Temper* cornet !i i>
onlv thirty-three hundred vpar*.
i .... ' ' , . 1
I no cause <ii ? x j).<? i n n - pro..*
; n 1 >!v t!i ? intense heat generated
. by tho terrilie rate .'it which tie*
! com ' rrvoie V Th lv'.' ihej
I ?'gg th power* (> ' human
i! v ' r:pt
: r.'.vi i ; A ?omit.
lLi'b>r tJ ir liiii'Tiiri of tii.
hurnilpr hoi" there ronld he lit*;
reef. The 1\ nu^ which compelled!
1 the ! inter *? >i! * to I'dlotv through
j coontle** age-' a pertain path '
| were at work as wcli among the
| bursted and living particles. They
i l'eli mt'j line, the larger fragments
, hiking the head el the line and
the smaller partielea railing in
j behind for a million miles and
more, and the unending journey, j
I . ?. ...
interrupted for a while, was takj
en up again along tho old path.
The course of Tempel's cornet j
and of its subsequent particles
completely encircles the orbit of'
the earth, touching it only at one
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teor or meteorite, which makes,
when it strikes the atmosphere of
the earth, the bo called "hooting
star, is often a mere tramp of the
heavens. It in the detached frag
ment of some hursted planet,
and, too email for observation
with the finest telescope, it wanders
around in space until it
comes within the circle of attrac
tion of some large body, when
gravity causes it to fall. Generally,
in the course oi its descent
through the atmosphere of the
large body, the meteorite generated
so much heat that it is en
tirely consumed; the meteor, be
ing larger, continues on and
strikes the earth. But. neither the
pinkie meioim or meiwtnre chii on
observed except in the brilliant
fashion of its death.
The comet, on the contrary, is
a creature of the skies more to be
reckoned with. Erratic as its
wanderings may seem to the unsophistocated,
in reality it pur
? ?
%
point on it? outer edge. Continu
ing. it crufkHH 'he orbits i>f Jup
ter Mud Saturn and extends a fe<
millions of miles hevoud that (
I
Uranus. In shape the orbit o
Temple's romet is elliptical. Il
length is twenty times thatof th
earth.
' One of the most intereatin
questions that will t>e brought u
for determination during th
coming visit of the Noverabe.
, meteors is connected with tliei
tiret presence.in the solar systen
There is a well founded theor
to the effect that Tempel's conn
was originally drawn into iiie so
lar system hv the planet Ur?ni|i
and this year the cx.n-t date <
its coming will probably be pro\
en by actual observation." sai
Prof. William A. Harkness, wh
is in charge of the astronomies
department*^ the naval observn
! tory, in the course of an intei
i view.
"We arc unable to predict the exa<
hour at which the November ineteori
showers will begin. But it is cstinit
ted that the showers will reach tliei
! maximum brilliancy at 1 o'clock a. id
the morning of Nov. 15. Althotig
these meteorics revolve around til
sun in a deHnite orbit, the point (
their intersection with the orbit of tt
earth moves forward at the rate of
j degree and \ h: If tier year, thus t brow
| itig the adv ut of the meteors fe
hours la'er at each succeeding fal
i For example, the fall of ls:s;{ oeeurre
! on the night of November til: tire fa
I of IS'.e.i will take place on the eveiiin
of the lltli of November, and w i
probably tie of some hours duratioi
| It w ill be visible thoiighoiit the w hoi
| of tlu' North American continent an
i in Kumpe ami Asia.
?>i:i?;in oitiikii: n\mk.
"The November meteors receive 11
name of I entiids from the fact tli:
they sec in Jo pour out from the pal
; of the heavens wherein is located tli
i con-telhst i< n of I.eo. XV hen this cor
stellation i- at its/enith, It is nlmo.
overheail :t Washington. In weigl
i he.-e meteors vurj from a few grain
to many pounds. 'liny strike tli
| earth's atmosphere, and begin to bur
at the height of seventy-four mile
and are generally entirely consume
at a height of lifty miles. The terrild
heal generated when these meteor
strike the upper regions of the atium
phere can he better realized when tli
meteor is traveling at a rateexceedin
i l,t)t)i) miles an hour than when travel
ing at an even greater rate when i
comes in eontaet with t he atmosplieri
"The phenomenon of a great meteor
in shower is generally a perfeell
ni iseles- one. When the streak is fir?
formed it is narrow and perfect I
straight, tiiit it soon becomes serpen
tine and assumes an irregular tigur
as it drifts along under the inlluenc
of the wind currents in the uppc
region of the atmosphere. The streak
are of various colors, owing partly '
sut.-l aiices ami partly i > l heir all it ltd*
s ii re of a deliea' greenish Iiic
\\ hi !e ol In rs Ii ght iip t he sk ies wit h
ruddy glow. Streaks of orange, re?
whiie and bluish white coiuiiiiiigie i
!< .'in a ini 1*1*111 .: i !- an J heaii. i><
p ' J T . Occasionally an or.i:i;n
o'ori 1 lie teur may he oh?or\ ?d I* w
ing in its wake a streak ?*f green.
1 ' *i. larity ol the Novctnb r in > :
is i hat t he nucleus ,- hooJ.s ahead of : h
.* r -ak before \ ani.-hiii'.'. 'Ik* indi
vid .a! meteors vary greatly i.i -i/a
> >.*.* of the larger of the meteors a|
jcar to he half the si/.e of the moot
I nt or<per ed with t lie in* ceroids j- .* .
occasional lirehnll, which, in hurstiii)
causes shadows to be rust upon tli
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' ground, so intense is the light generd
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(j sound of bursting should not reach the
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the case of fireballs of the llrst magnir
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hours."
HISTORY OK TIIK 1)181*1.AYS.
IC I)r. W. F. Denning, fellow of the
.* Royal Astronomical society of Kngir
land, has made a special study of the
" November meteoric displays. He hns
found that the history of t tiese disIP
I plays goes hack for a thousand years.
I In some of his writings on this subject
he quotes I he celebrated historian
21 '
ji'onde. who, in his Arabian history,
states t hat "on the night of t he 12th of
| October," ?.?02. an immense number of
" | falling stars were seen to spread t hemi
u..Ki.r ll>.. I ..... ..1- tl... . L.- I.I..
Ill""""' *" "" I
rain." This pari i? utar i ear was known
** i lie pea fl ?t as "th" year of stars"
" | on I In- Itlili of < totober, I jnj. it is
* | also reeord il h\ < mole that "tin* stars
'* shot hit her and 1 hit her i n t he heavens,
' [eastward and westward, and llew
against one aunther Iik? a scattering
. storm uf locusts, tn thn right and to
a* , lie ii* ft. 'I'll is pi a-n i in i'n hi last I'd till
it : day break. People \M*r.' thrown into
rt ! i'linstirnat ton and r: ?*tl to (iod, 'In-!
ii* Mi ^t High, with contused i'lainor."
i- Aeeordirig 1 o I >r I ii'iinin ?, t In1 must I
t brilliant display in our annals was tin*
it ivi'inhiT nioti'orii' shower of 1 in
is 5'islon aloni' it i-- e-tlimited that "JIC,c
| (Kin meteors \v i1 r i \isilil?- during tin'
n s"vi'ii hours' duration of tin* shower.
^ < 'oncer nin g t tiis sh iwi-r. In* says :
d "The words 'prodigious,' 'stupene
dons,' and 'inagniti.'i-nt,' do not do-1
a .scribe it. Compared with l In* splendor
, of this celestial exliib 11011. t he most
tC brilliant rockets and fireworks of art
g bore less relation than the most tiny
- star to the broad glare of the sun.
it 'Stars'fell until there was none left.
*. "A Soul h Carolina planter, writing
- of thi-i iiM'ti'orie display and ilsell'eet
V || 111111 the Vnnnu'S ..I' 111. tit,i nt uf i,,n
I | >ay > : '! was sih!?Ii nly awakcni'd by
y thi' most ilistrt'.-sin^ i-rins that ? v? r I
i- f>-!l <>ri mj rar>. Shrinks of horror ami
? rriiis of iihti'V I < !? ilil Imar from motl
t- of t In* Negroes of I hron plantat ions,
r ' amount iiitf in all In win nr sim,
s U liilo arm's! |y !i-1 *:ii tsfor I ln>
o | fjn?I hoard a faint v 'ire near 11??
> iloor railing niv namm I aro.- ami
, takino my -.wop'! .-'ooil at I lie ilnop. |
a \' t his moimsit | haaril I In* sain-1 voiim
I. Ix'-i cohiiijr mo io ri ?! ami >a \ io^. <'li, i
<i my (i mi! i o>" wur.<! i> oti lir<* I'
;l . !: II pi'11 I'll ' I i ill-op, all i it i-. .
- ' lis?" *iilt ' i viy wliifli ospifoil mo tho I
- noi-l list ri'-smt rri.'s of t ho \i"rroi'?.
\ I'puanl of a li 11:itlr<-?l lay pros!rati* oil
? 1 In- ^rouml ? stunt* v j.i eh!os>, hut wit li j
! !. . I a pr .: oil, i mp r. < i;; (< - ul t o ail v
i- flu* world and IS i * 111. i'lm ari-iii* was '
|\! truly awful: fur never ?1;?! r.iin fall
i- much thicker than did the meteors In- 1
!. wanl tie* earth, ra?l, imr li and !
n s?>iif li. il was I In* same.
*? HI INI 1.11! .S I lo A 1.1..
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() | 11 11<11ii?-11n presented will In* of an I
D ? x<|?t ional kind hioI of a character
y lo interest every one.
I "There i- scarcely any nat oral event |
which to the observant eye is so bril
I limit ami so impressive anil animated {
^ as a rich shower of meteors.
~ ! 'A solar total eclipse, with its weird
c shadow hands, corona and red promi_
nences, a large comet with its train
- spread over a considerable extent of
e the heavens, and a brilliant aurora
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The rarity of the spectacle also enhances
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line objec's like Sirius or stars of
the tlrst magnitude." '
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! Registration Notice.
fpiIE i'UBLIC will take notice that
J_ ttie Registration Books will be
open, at the Courthouse, for the registration
of parties entitled to register
under the constitution, on the 1st
Monday in each month, until 30 days
preceding the next general election.
W (J. A. PORTKR, *
Chairman Board Registration, Lancaster
County, S. C., I>eo fl, 1898