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METEOR SHOWERS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH COMETS.—Mr. W. F. Denning writes: “In June there are several radiant points of meteors the positions of which agree fairly well with the radiant points computed for comets. On July 8, Lexell's comet of 1770 has a radiant at 276° -22°, and this agrees approximately with a well-known meteoric display observed in June and July from 282° -24°. In several years I have seen a shower of Cepheids from about 312° + 61° which may correspond with the comet of 1850 I; the latter has a radiant at 313° + 60°-5 on June 23. In this case, however, the date does not quite agree, the meteors having been seen chiefly during the first half of the month.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 113, 870 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113870a0
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