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COMETS.—After the discovery of Reinmuth's comet, an examination was made of earlier plates taken at Konigstuhl, with the result that the following position of the comet was derived: Jan. 29-10757 U.T.; R.A. 9 23″ 35S-6; N. Decl. 17°41′19″; from this position, combined with those of Feb. 22 and 25, Dr. A. C. D. Crommelin has derived the following elliptical orbit (the position for Feb. 22, on revision of measures, was given as 9h 15m 7s-5, N. Decl. 21° 44′ 55″): T 1928 Feb. 1-6502 U.T. w 9° 26′ 37″) ii 124 53 11 H 928-0 i 8 0 16 J 30 2 13 log a 0-5701080 log q 0-2685923 Period 7-164106 years. The following ephemeris is for 0 h. U.T.: E.A. N. Decl. log r. log A. Mar. 8 9h 14m 31 23° 8′ 0-2748 9-9889 16 9 16 44 23 31 0-2778 00132 24 9 20 54 23 35 0-2814 0-0402
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 121, 395 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121395b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/121395b0