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COMET 1881 b.—Notwithstanding some statements to the contrary, the orbit of this comet when the later observations are brought to bear upon it, is sensibly different from a parabola, and from two independent investigations, the first by MM. Duner and Engström, the second by M. Bossert (from eight normal places, based upon 423 observations), the period results about 2955 years. An observation at Marseilles on October 24 gave at gh. 39m. 45. mean time, R.A. 18h. 44. 58.12s., N.P.D. 20° 24′ 23″.2, corrected for parallax.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 25, 218–219 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/025218c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/025218c0