Word: orbit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...idea was not original with Dr. Brown. Others have conjectured that a good-sized planet may once have revolved in the orbit (between Mars and Jupiter) now cluttered with little asteroids. When the planet broke up (for an unknown reason), the bigger chunks became asteroids; some of the smaller remains stampeded around the solar system as maverick meteors...
During its whole visit, the comet acted as if it wanted to dodge human observation. Astronomer Leland E. Cunningham of the University of California, who worked out its orbit from data collected in Australia, reported that it slipped out of space on the far side of the sun. Sweeping around the sun within a whisker (9,000,000 miles), it stayed for the most part near the line between the sun and earth. It was therefore hard to see, like a fighter plane diving on its enemy "out of the sun." In the southern hemisphere it was visible...
Garden of Eden. In the travel-bureau ads, Hawaii is the Garden of Eden. As far as oceanographers are concerned, it is a well-nigh totally submerged volcanic range spread across 2,000 miles of ocean. Its economic orbit includes six chief islands, of which Kauai is furthest west. The archipelago's commercial heart is the city of Honolulu (pop. 267,000), on Oahu, which is Eden-with a touch of Indianapolis...
...alternative. Bevin and Bidault are strong enough to keep the requests within reason. If we get into this thing we will have to let the Eastern European countries in; that means they will be trading freely with Western Europe, and will be drawn out of our orbit. We must back away and try to save what we can-Eastern Europe...
Professor Harris asserted that it will be "especially necessary to help the countries of Western Europe, for they are the ones that can still be saved from being pulled into the Russian orbit and from turning to Communism as the only...