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A PAMPHLET on “The Determination of Meteor Orbits in the Solar System,” by G. von. Niessl, has just been published in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (vol. Ixvi., No. 16, Washington, 1917). The pamphlet is a translation by the late Cleveland Abbe of a paper published in the “Encyclopadie der mathematischen Wissenschaften,” dated Vienna, 1907. The author, who has had considerable experience in computing meteor paths and orbits, gives his views as to the mathematical treatment of the subject. He indicates the best method to be followed in determining the radiant and geocentric velocity of meteors and fireballs of which multiple observations have been obtained. Not the least interesting part of his discussion is that in which he deduces the mean errors in the results:—
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Meteor Orbits. Nature 100, 155–156 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/100155b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/100155b0