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Although it is but one third of a mile in diameter and is the smallest heavenly body known, the recently discovered "Delporte object" is now found to be an asteroid, or small planet, according to an announcement, made yesterday by Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Astronomy and Director of the College Observatory...
...long-exposure plate Mt. Wilson Observatory's Edwin Powell Hubble lately found a streak of light which was subsequently identified by other telescope men as an asteroid, one of some 1,400 small planets between Mars and Jupiter. It was a remarkable asteroid in that its orbit was more steeply inclined (39°) to the general plane of planetary revolution than any other except one (43°). But it seemed odd for Dr. Hubble, of all astronomers, to be making such a discovery, for the realm in which he usually works is so distant that the asteroids by comparison...
...Asteroids are small planets. Recently Director Otto Struve of Yerkes Observatory discovered a fair-sized asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. On Engineer Swasey's birthday last week. Astronomer Struve announced he had christened his find "Swaseya...
...officers of the Harvard Observatory have received a cablegram from Kiel, Germany, announcing the discovery of a new asteroid...
...recent rediscovery of the asteroid Hidalgo by a volunteer observer of the Harvard observatory at Oak Ridge has revived the theory that the body, which has been thought an asteroid may in fact be a comet. The discovery was made by Raymond Boyd a few days ago, previous to which time the flying body had not been seen since...