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ORBITS OF COMETS.—The orbits of three comets are discussed by S. Ogura in Annales de l'Observatoire Astronomique de Tokyo, tome v., part 3. (i) Comet 1827 II. was discovered by Pons on June 20, 1827, and observed by him for a month; Pons used a ring micrometer, and his observations show rather large residuals. The definitive orbit is as follows:—
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 100, 232–233 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/100232a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/100232a0