Word: solarized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...immensity of the solar system can be grasped by considering Augusta, Me., as the sun and Sacramento. Calif., 2,663 air miles away, as the New Planet. Earth would then circle through Portland, Me., Mercury through Wiscasset, Me Venus through Rockland, Me., Mars through Bar Harbor, Me., Jupiter through Bridgeport, Conn., Saturn through Annapolis, Md.; Uranus through Nashville, Tenn., Neptune through Oklahoma City...
...Neptune, and possibly the New Planet, turn on their own polar axis in the same direction. ?Uranus .and Neptune are retrograde. The map shows their approximately relative position as of March 24, as might be seen by an observer on the star nearest to the celestially pretty Solar System, North Star, about 240 million miles away...
...quite difficult to realize that the dimensions of our solar system have definitely been proven to be more than thirty-three per cent greater than the past $4 years of observation have shown them to be," declared Leon Campbell, of the Harvard Observatory staff, in an interview yesterday. "Of course, we have always known that the space occupied by our system was larger than our observations of Neptune showed, but such sudden definite proof is certainly very awing...
...There can be no doubt but that the discovery of the Lowell Observatory is of very great value in this respect," continued Campbell. "Such definite knowledge of the greatness of the solar system in which we live cannot help but lead to more valuable discoveries. The discovery of this trans-Neptunian planet, for instance, makes it very much more likely that still other planets will be found in the future...
...planet has rightfully received a tremendous ovation from the press of the country. In the constant advance of science, there are only occasional accomplishments which seize strongly upon the popular fancy. The atmosphere of mystery and speculation surrounding any unknown quantity, together with man's natural curiosity about the solar system combine to place this latest contribution to science in the category mentioned...