Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1931, Page 27

FINDING OF NAMES FOR PLANETS HARD Discoverers of Two Asteroids Number Them, as Titles Become Scarce. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 13.—The dis- covery of baby planets nowadays pre- sents less difficulty than the finding of names for them. When Prof. Giovanni Lacchini and Luigi Volta, directore of Pinotorinese Observatory, at Turin, Italy, announced the other day that two new asteroids had been found they added numbers 1257 and 1258 to the swarm of rocks | and fragments moving between the or- bits of Mars and Jupiter. Evidently the sky searchers had run out of names or were waiting for an op- portunity to check that list of 1,2 rlufi to avoid duplication, because the atest planetoids simply were given the prosaic tags of 1931 BA and 1931 COR. More romantic astronomers, however, have run the gamut of fancy in naming the others—parts, possibly, of an ex- ploded planet or the material of a | planet which failed to coalesce. Used Wives' Names. The first and largest of the lot— discovered more than a century ago— | wes named Ceres. The god of love | supplied the name for Eros, which has been attracting unusual attention re- cently through its near approach of 16,000,000 miles to the earth. Eros was number 433 on the list. Before it was reached the names of | M all the avallable Greek and Roman divinities and the heroes and demi- gods of classical lore were plundered for christening purposes—each dis- ocoverer having the right to select & name of his own choosing for his planetoid. ‘Then personal names began to appear ~—names of wives and daughters and sweethearts. That is why some of these bables of the sky—10 to 480 miles in diameter—travel merrily through space Dora, Agnes, Laura, Jenny, Edna, Alice and Ida. Chicago Is Asterold. ‘Then there are the flowers: Begonia, Camellia, Petunia and Primrose. Few Chicagoans know it, but one of the asterolds is named after the city by the inland sea; Pittsburgh likewise is per- petuated in the sky. Princetonia was added to the list when Dr. Raymond 8. Guan of Princeton, the discoverer, wanted to honor his university. Ocean steamships furnished other names, and it even has been suspected that some astronomers chose the names of their pet_dogs. The discovery of the planetaids is one of the great romances of the sky. Astronomers long ago observed that there was a certain set ratio in the distances of the major planets from the sun. There was an unaccountable space, however, between Mars and Jupiter, and telesccpes were directed there for a possible planet. Piazzi, an Italian, from his observa- tory in Palermo, Sicily, inlugnud the new century in 1801 by the first baby planet. It was 480 miles in diameter—a mere speck as compared with the major planets—and was given the name Ceres. Photos Aid Discoveries. Others were found and photography came to the aid of omers, the number grew into the hun- . It becarpe & business to yawn over until astronomical ennui was dis- sipated by the finding ef eccentric KEros in 1898, the earth's mearest neighbor in the sky next to the moon. ‘The two latest members of the family of asteroids were revealed on phofgn- pher plates in Turin. Ordinarily small bodies are too minute to be ob- | served te'escopically. ; PLANS TRANSIT MERGER British Ministry Presses $850,000,- 000 Project. LONDON, March 13 (#).—The minis- try of transport is bringing to a head its plans for the £130,000.000 ($680,000,~ 000) merger absorbing London's tubes, e, busses and osher transport to one large publicly owned g, The ministry today issued the text of @ bili creating a London transport board which will issue its own stock in ex- change for existing privately owned stock of the separate corporations so absorbed. The board will administer the consolidated services as & business undertaking with the object of making them pay their way. Check That Cough Promptly INQUIRY IS ORDERED INTO CONVICT’S DEATH Illinois Legislature Will Also In- By the Associated Press. investigation of disciplinary measures employed at the Joliet State Prison was ordered by the Legislature yesterday as an outgrowth ‘of the death last week o!l Joseph Coakley, & convict. tigate the case of Coakley, who died while in solitary confinement, where he was undergoing punishment for stealing butter from the prison kitchen. of prisons, and Warden 8. C. Hill of Joliet made public a report on Coak- ley's death: tary three and three-fourth days. He had been cuffed to the door of his cell every morning and afternoon and had been examined at feEllll’ intervals b; the keeper in charge, had also been examined THE . EVEN. Dance Committee FOUR IN CHARGE OF THETA KAPPA SIGMA AFFAIR. of & dance to be given tonight a Left to right: Peggy Barber, Aud: ‘Yeamans. EMBERS of the committee cf the Theta Kappa Sigma Sorority in charge t the National Press Club auditorium. rey Rout, Marie Jorolemon and Heles —Star Staff Phote. vestigate Disciplinary Acts in Prison. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 13.—An A committee was appointed to inves- Col. Frank D. Whipp, superintendent “At death Coakley had been in soli- | D. Beasley, an y Dr. C. J. Car- SATURDAY NIGHT DANCES Program for the evening: 7 to 9. special dinner, §2, in- eluding eouvert, Supper a Is carte, §1 couvert. Dinner patrons may remain and dance through supper with- out eouvert charge, 10till1, 1 couvert, including supper. Dinner Dances In the Louis Seize room e svening from 730 10 9.30 (& per n or a la carte serv per dance 10 till 1 (§0c, ez, Friday, Saturday and Aoli- $1). Lowe-Neving SHOREHAM ORCHESTRA Paul Fideiman, Directing (4 lin, prison physician. At no time had he complained of discomfort, but on Sun- day morning about 11 o'clock he told Beasley he was not well. the hospital doctor arrived, but Coakley was deag A little later Three Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road Reasonable Rentals ') Storage—Pac!| FRED For 30 ye: \ 1 M 4 %5 NOW in business 8¢ KRIEG) %, 2 ~UPHOLSTERING SLIP_COVERS AND DEAPERIES OF THE BETTER KIN] Sultes and Odd Pieces Made to Order STANDARD UPHOLSTERING CO. 408 11th 8t. N.W. Nat. 4902 The (HOREHAM CONNECTICUT AVE.a¥ CALVERT PHONE ROBERT KEHL FOR RESERVATIONS Adams 0700 With This Time-Tried Remedy CUBA THWARTS PLOT TO FREE PRISONERS 200 Political Offenders Rushed to Isle of Pines as Plan for Break Is Bared. By the Assoclated Press. HAVANA, March 13.—Discovery of an alleged plot for wholesale delivery of some 200 political prisoners at Principe Fortress was said by the government last night to have been the reason for the secret transfer early yesterday to Isle of Pines of all those confined there for political offenses. A number of relatives of the prison- ers, their friends outside the walls of the fortress, and two “higher-ups” in the government were reported to have Come Here for to Match Odd Coats Eiseman’s carry the largest stock of special trousers in the city, Just bring in your odd coat or vest . .. we'll match it. $4.55 & - - EISEMAN’S Seventh & F Sts. A cough due to a cold is per- tongue of reptile calf. Also in brown... buckle. Covered Cuban heel. and elastic gore. NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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