ChapterIV
Ihadthuslearnedasedfactofgreatimportahiswasthattheplahelittleprincecamefromwasscarcelyanylargerthanahouse!
Butthatdidnotreallysurprisememuch.Iknewverywellthatinadditiontothegreatplas——suchastheEarth,Jupiter,Mars,Venus——towhichwehavegiveherearealsohundredsofothers.Someofwhicharesosmallthatonehasahardtimeseeihroughthetelescope.Whenanastronomerdiscoversohesehedoesnotgiveitaonlyanumber.Hemightcallit,forexample,"Asteroid325".
IhaveseriousreasontobelievethattheplafromwhichthelittleprincecameistheasteroidknownasB-612.
Thisasteroidhasonlyoncebeehroughthetelescope.ThatwasbyaTurkishastronomerin1909.
Onmakinghisdiscovery,theastronomerhadpreseotheIionalAstronomicalgress,idemonstration.ButhewasinTurkishe,andsonobodywouldbelievewhathesaid.
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Fortunately,however,forthereputationofAsteroidB-612,aTurkishdiadealawthathissubjects,underpaih,shouldgetoEuropeane.Soin1920theastronavehisdemonstrationallain,dressedwithimpressi
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