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USING observations made at Harvard on February 4, at Norwood on February 26 by Steavenson, and on March 11 and 12 by Hay at Hendon and Steavenson at Norwood, respectively, the Rev. Dr. M. Davidson has computed the following orbit: T, 1937 June 19-96971 U.T., 107° 25′ 56-0″; 0, 127° 57′ 11.0″; i, 41° 43′ 31.7″; e, 1-009143; g, 1-739393. The orbit fits in with a number of other observations, but in many cases there are residuals of the order Is in right ascension. The object must be difficult to observe accurately as even on the same night discrepancies of about Is arise between different observers. Generally speaking, the residuals in declination are small.
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Comet Whipple (1937b). Nature 139, 582–583 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139582g0
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