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NEW COMET.—The first comet of 1928 was discovered photographically by Herr K. Reinmuth, assistant at Konigstuhl Observatory, Heidelberg. Herr Reinmuth is well known as a discoverer of minor planets, having found more than a hundred of them, but this is his first comet; as the new comet is near the ecliptic, it was doubtless found in the course of the routine search for minor planets. Its magnitude is 12J. The following positions have been obtained at Konigstuhl and circulated by the I.A.U. Bureau, Copenhagen: U.T. K.A. (1928.0). N.Decl.(1928.0). Feb. 22. 96160 9h 15-4″ 21° 44′ 0″ 23. 96368 9 14 54-93 21 52 39-24. 95736 9 14 42-20 22 0 6-25. 93181 9 14 33-93 22 6 57 The motion is getting slower; an estimated prediction for Mar. 4.0 is 9h 15m 3QS N. Decl. 22° 43′; the full moon will, however, prevent observation for a few days. There has not been time as yet to compute an orbit; in any case, the above arc is too short to determine reliable elements. The slow motion probably implies that the object is at a considerable distance.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 121, 335 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121335a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/121335a0