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00-12A) 2A THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Thursday June 10 1982 'Neptune Might Have Rings Resurrected Research Indicates By DAVE FINLEY KmehtRidder Newspapers Neptune outermost of the solar system's four giant planets might have rings like the other three The discovery was made by an astronomy student analyzing neglected records his professor made 14 years ago If the evidence proves true then all the giant planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune have rings Astronomers have been searching for rings around Neptune since 1977 when Uranus was found to have them Astronomers at Villanova University in Pennsylvania base their theory on data from observations made in 1968 The discovery might have been made that year but data recordings of the observations disappeared from an astronomer's luggage in the Soviet Union Other less precise information on the observations was stored unexamined on once-waterlogged computer cards until this year when an astronomy student analyzed the data On April 7 1968 Neptune passed in front of a star blocking out the starlight Dr Edward Guinan went to New Zealand to observe this occultation as astrono- mers call it After the star passed behind Neptune its light again was dimmed by what Guinan and his colleagues now think could be rings But no one knew about it until this year During the observations a meter at tached to the telescope measured the light from the planet and star then fed the information to a chart recorder The meter's information also was recorded on computer punch cards but this was done only once every several seconds Modern astronomers rely on such instruments rarely peering through telescopes themselves So the second dimming of the star's light was seen by no one but was recorded by the instruments Guinan was seeking not rings but details of Neptune's atmosphere The information on the cards didn't tell much of this because it wasn't continuous Guinan sent them home by ship The charts though contained the heart of his research and Guinan carefully packed them in his luggage for his return to America by way of India and the Soviet Union "I'm sure I had them when I left India" he says "Somewhere in the Soviet Union they vanished from my bags along with a Time magazine I'm 90 sure someone took them from my bags1 The computer cards arrived in Pennsylvania about a year later wet and warped Disheartened by the whole affair Guinan "just put them away" for more than a decade Then earlier this year Villanova astronomy student Craig Harris needed a research project and Guinan suggested he analyze the old computer cards "I'd been trying for a couple of years to get a student interested in doing that" Guinan said When Harris finished helped by Guinan and Villanova Prof Frank Maloney he had a surprise the unexpected reduction in starlight after the star had completed its pass behind Neptune Guinan doesn't think the "secondary occultation" was due to a cloud on Earth He didn't see any clouds at the time and the rest of the three hours of data is clean of cloud interference He also doesn't think it's a moon The position is wrong for Neptune's two known moons and the star's light was only partially blocked That leaves rings MIMIOMMINIME MEM Primaries Across The Country Moderates Turn Out To Be The People's Choice strongest potential candidates by choosing San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson to run for the Senate against Gov Jerry Brown and state Attorney General George Deukmejian to run for governor against Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley The early front-runners there had been Rep Barry Goldwater Jr for the Senate and Lt Gov Mike Curb for governor Both are slightly more conservative in policy and far more harsh in style than the winners "It's wonderful" said a conservative but pragmatic California Republican "We've finally put up our best possible slate" Elsewhere in Tuesday's primaries: In Ohio former Lt Gov Richard Celeste beat two Democratic opponents Celeste will face Rep Clarence Brown Who beat Seth Taft of Cleveland for the Republican nomination for governor In Iowa former US Attorney Roxanne Conlin There were a few races won by the more ideological candidate Clarence Brown is regarded as a bit more conservative than Taft in Ohio And in a California legislative race that attracted national interest activist Tom Hayden beat Steven Saltzman who called himself "a mainstream liberal Democrat" The results did not seem to say too much either way about approval of President Reagan In New Jersey Bell argued that his race was a referendum on Reagan's economic policies but his loss probably can be attributed mainly to Fenwick's popularity Curb and Goldwater both tried to accuse their foes of not being loyal enough to the president but those losses too can be laid to other causes Goldwater lost support by refusing to debate and Curb was damaged by revelations that he had not voted until he was 29 and had been classified as unfit by the draft won the Democratic nomination for governor She will face Republican Lt Gov Terry Brandstad who was unopposed in the primary Gov Robert Ray a Republican is not seeking reelection In Arkansas former Democratic Gov Bill Clinton a surprise loser two years ago won a runoff and the right to try again against Republican Gov Frank White For the most part Democrats joined Republicans in the trend toward moderation Celeste in Ohio ran as a traditional liberal slightly less liberal than Jerry Springer of Cincinnati who finished third slightly more liberal than state Attorney General William Brown who finished second In New Jersey winner Lautenberg was considered more moderate than the runner-up former Rep Andrew McGuire who had the support of many liberal groups By JON MARGOLIS Chicago WASHINGTON The most conservative Republicans and the most partisan Democrats were unhappy Wednesday morning as politicians surveyed the results of Tuesday's primaries in which moderation generally prevailed over the political extremes Conservatives were glum because they lost most of the races Democrats were grim because the moderate Republicans who won are likely to be the hardest for Democrats to beat this fall Chief among them is Rep Millicent Fenwick RNJ who beat staunch Reagan supporter Jeffrey Bell for the Republican nomination in the New Jersey Senate race Fenwick starts off as the clear front-runner over businessman Frank Lautenberg Democratic primary winner And in California Republicans selected their California Primary Chooses Nominees For SI Hayaleawa's Seat ti et Jerry Brown Will Oppose San Diego Mayor For Senate 0 itit i 4 vi 4 'if I i 4 1 '4 7 1 '7 4::1 vote in defeating lawyer William Dee Morris Virgmla's Lone Contest FAIRFAX Ira Lechner vice chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party easily won the nomination to oppose Rep Frank Wolf in the 10th Congressional District in suburban Washington It was the only contested congressional primary in Virginia Squaring Off In ND FARGO ND Gene Knorr a Republican will square off against Democratic Sen Quentin Burdick in North Dakota's Nov 2 general election Burdick has been in the Senate since he was elected to fill an unexpired term in 1960 Both were unopposed in Tuesday's primary Close Maine Contests PORTLAND Maine Maine Republicans say they'll be able to shrug off a closely contested primary and 'unite behind Charles Cragin III in his general election race against Democratic Gov Joseph Brennan Brennan defeated state Rep Georgette Berube by a 3-1 margin in Tuesd'ay's voting But the GOP race was much tighter with Crag-gin collecting 38 to 33 for state Rep Sherry Huber and 29 for Richard Pierce a state senator Iowa's Female 1 'dor DES MOINES Iowa Former US Attorney Roxanne Conlin feated two men in the Democratic primary Tuesday to become the first Iowa woman to receive either party's nomination for governor Conlin 37 won 48 of the 196983 Democratic ballots cast the highest turnout for any election In November she faces Lt Gov Terry Branstad 35 who was unopposed The winner will replace the highly popular Robert Ray who decided to end a 14-year career in office Montana's Landslides HELENA Mont Democratic Sen John Melcher defeated chal- lenger Mike Bond Tuesday for Montana's Democratic US Senate nomination with a 68 to 26 landslide In the Republican senatorial primary investment adviser Larry Williams took 88 of the Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda celebrate his victory in Santa Monica Calif Tuesday night Wolf Camera's Dads Grads Sale rtile: ''''Alk :::4 :) 5i2 i 71 '''k 4 Agri' Is for duations and Associated Press LOS ANGELES Gov Jerry Brown and San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson agreed on one thing Wednesday: They want to hold statewide televised debates in their battle for the US Senate in California But there the agreement ends Wilson the 48-year-old mayor who has held sway in San Diego since 1971 captured the Republican Senate nomination by collecting 38 of the vote in Tuesday's primary trouncing a crowded field led by Reps Pete McCloskey and and Barry Goldwater Jr Brown 44 collected 51 of the vote to win the Democratic nomination He beat his nearest rivals novelist Gore Vidal and state Sen Paul Carpenter by a more than 3-1 margin Wilson a vocal advocate of President Reagan's economic policies says Brown is a flake Brown who is a fiscal conservative but holds traditionally liberal positions on many social issues says Wilson is colorless and dull Both agree a debate would be wise They apparently want to avoid the mistake of Goldwater who watched his overwhelming lead in the polls evaporate as he refused to debate Brown and Wilson are seeking the seat held by retiring Republican Sen SI Hayakawa who pulled out of the race after a dismal showing in the polls and poor fundraising Meanwhile the two men fighting for Brown's current job are familiar political names in California Los Angeles's 64-year-old Mayor Tom Bradley launching his bid to become the nation's first elected black governor won the Democratic primary with 62 of the vote George Deukmjian 53 the state attorney general collected 51 of the vote and the GOP nomination Aletzenbaum COLUMBUS Ohio Incumbent Democratic Sen Howard Metzenbaum coasted to victory in Ohio's primary Tuesday collecting 83 of the vote But the 65- year-old liberal is expected to have a tougher time in November when he faces what amounts to two opponents in his bid for a second full term His Republican challenger will be state Sen Paul Pfeifer an at torney and a moderate who cor nered almost 67 of the votes in a four-candidate race But Metzenbaum said he also expects to see "the Reagan team the new right and Moral Majority" try to move against him Ohio also will elect a new governor in plovember replacing Republican James Rhodes who could not succeed himself The candidates will be Democrat Richard Celeste a former lieutenant governor and Republican Clarence Brown a nine-term member of Congress Celeste took 42 of the vote in the primary Brown won 54 NJs Costly Race NEWARK NJ Money may become an issue in New Jersey's Senate race this fall Both candidates Democratic businessman Frank Lautenberg and GOP member of Congress Millicent Fenwick are millionaires and both spent like it in the primary Lautenberg 58 forked out $1 million of his own money to capture the nomination in a close four-way race He won with only 26 of the ballots cast in a nine-person race Fenwick spent $229000 from her bank account to defeat Jeffrey Bell who once worked for Ronald Reagan Her margin over Bell was 54 -46 80 Rematch In Arkansas LITTLE ROCK Ark This year's gubernatorial battle in Arkansas will be a rematch of the 1980 race right down to the issues that will be debated one candidate says Bill Clinton 35 was the nation's youngest governor when Gov Frank White dumped him from office two years ago After winning a Democratic runoff Tuesday Clinton will get his chance to turn the tables this November on White a 48-year-old Republican seeking a second term Clinton defeated former Lt Gov Joe Purcell in the runoff 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