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THE present note is designed to show that several comets move in nearly the same orbit with that of Biela; that they probably entered the solar system as a group; and that, after making their first perihelion passage in close proximity to each other, they were, when receding from the sun, thrown into their present orbits by the disturbing influence of Jupiter.
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American Journal of Science, April 1873.
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KIRKWOOD, D. Biela's Comets. Nature 8, 4–5 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008004c0
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