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COMET SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN (2).—The new comet 1929a proves to be one of short period, like the first one discovered by the same observers. Images of the comet were found on plates taken on Jan. 4 and 12 (the latter at Uccle Observatory). From these positions, combined with photographic observations on Jan. 20, Prof. G. van Biesbroeck and Mr. Y. C. Chang have computed the following orbit (I.A.U. Circ, No. 218):
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 123, 179 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123179a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/123179a0