SPOTS ON THE SUN.
PROFESSOR AND CRITICS. By • Telegraph—Press . Association— , '; v ' London, December. 30. In the ' course - -a reply to bis critics, Professor Herbert Turner reaffirms his contention that sun spots are attributable to the bombardment of the sun's surface by meteors. INTERESTING SUGGESTION. ; The suggestion was made by Professor Turner; in a paper read before the Royal Astronomical Society, that the son-spots are doe to fragments struck off Saturn's rings by a falling star. ■ These fragments falling on the sun caused the disturbances to its surface. . »
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15496, 1 January 1914, Page 7
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