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...only as a point of light like a star, have had to estimate its size by calculating the apparent effect of its gravitation upon the motion of Neptune. Measured in this indirect way, Pluto was thought by some to be almost as big as the earth. Last week Astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper of Yerkes Observatory, having measured Pluto's diameter with the 200-inch telescope on Palomar Mountain, announced that those estimates were probably wrong...
Cincinnati: J. Gerard Heathcote, M.B.A. '23; 1331 Carew Tower, Cincinnati, Ohio...
...Although Gerard Piel, publisher of the Scientific American, had consented to the deletions, he protested that everything removed from the article had been "widely published and is well known to nuclear physicists the world over." Dr. Bethe confirmed this, and added: "In my opinion, it was in the interest of the AEC to have it printed, but the AEC disagreed. That is their business. I have no complaint...
...moved to the rear. Their places were taken by young, rugged backbenchers from among the party's 183 Deputies. A dozen of these charged up the red-carpeted steps toward the presidential tribune, plowed through a starchy cordon of dignified ushers in tailcoats. They installed young, good-looking Gerard Duprat on the rostrum. In the uproar none heard his speech, but when...
...last week the part of Mars that Saeki had observed was visible from the U.S. Mars Authority Dr. Gerard Peter Kuiper of McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, Texas, took a good look and saw nothing unusual. He thinks Saeki saw a cloud of ice crystals, not uncommon when Mars is far away from the sun. The "terrific explosion" could not have been volcanic, he said, for Mars is "a played out planet with no volcanic activity." That talk about a bomb? "Irresponsible," said Dr. Kuiper...