STAR GAZING.—A tenth planet, beyond Pluto, may have been discovered by Shinichi Shimizu. Tokio druggist and amateur astronomer, here shown operating his equatorial reflector. Though he has not seen the planet, Shimizu believes the peculiar behaviour of the outer planets indicates the presence of another body in the solar system. The Japanese druggist two years ago relocated a comet first seen in 1909, and then "lost."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 April 1940, Page 6
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66STAR GAZING.—A tenth planet, beyond Pluto, may have been discovered by Shinichi Shimizu. Tokio druggist and amateur astronomer, here shown operating his equatorial reflector. Though he has not seen the planet, Shimizu believes the peculiar behaviour of the outer planets indicates the presence of another body in the solar system. The Japanese druggist two years ago relocated a comet first seen in 1909, and then "lost." Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 April 1940, Page 6
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