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VOL. 1, No. 4 of Publications of the Kwasan Observatory contains a catalogue of comets from the year 467 B.C. to the year A.D. 1936. The number of comets listed is 467, and in each case the best available orbit with its reference source is given. The present catalogue is the revision of a catalogue published in 1931 by Prof. Issei Yamamoto in the Astronomical Yearbook of the Oriental Astronomical Association, printed in Japanese. This revised edition of the catalogue by his son, Prof. A. S. Yamamoto, who contributes a preface in English, will be very useful to all students of cometary orbits. A more comprehensive general catalogue is in course of preparation by these authors.
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Preliminary General Catalogue of Comets. Nature 140, 357 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140357d0
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