Dawson had neglected to give it a name. David stared at the photograph again, and his mind leaped to the possibility of asteroids or a new comet, but as quickly aban -- « doned the idea as he shufifled through the other photographs. David looked up at the Old Man, bewildered. "I don't understand it, sir. It's something I don't recognize -- something that doesn't belong " He caught his breath as he saw the expression on the Old Man's face. "You mean it's something brand new -- something we've never seen before?" The Old Man nodded. "You and I are among the first to see it, David, with the help of the 200-inch telescope. But in the not-too-distant future it will be visible not only to other astronomers with smaller telescopes, but finally to the naked eye of the whole world. It was only by sheer accident, by the most remote chance, that I stumbled on it first, late in September, while doing some routine observations." "But what is it, sir," asked David, "that extra point of light?" "A new planet," answered the Old Man quietly.
