The Comets: A Descriptive Treatise Upon Those Bodies. With a Condensed Account of the Numerous Modern Discoveries Respecting Them; and a Table of All the Calculated Comets, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time |
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... October , 1851. That which appeared in January , 1824 , exhibited two tails , both distinctly visible to the naked eye , forming with each other an angle varying from 138 ° to 170 ° : one tail was in the usual direction , and appeared ...
... October , 1851. That which appeared in January , 1824 , exhibited two tails , both distinctly visible to the naked eye , forming with each other an angle varying from 138 ° to 170 ° : one tail was in the usual direction , and appeared ...
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... October October 25 November November 13 November 16 November 20 • . Distance from Sun. 1838 . Diameter in Miles . 9 • • 281,000 • • 1.42 120,500 • 1.19 • 79,000 • 1.00 74,000 · • 0.88 • • 63,000 • 0.83 • 55,500 · 0.76 38,500 · 0.71 ...
... October October 25 November November 13 November 16 November 20 • . Distance from Sun. 1838 . Diameter in Miles . 9 • • 281,000 • • 1.42 120,500 • 1.19 • 79,000 • 1.00 74,000 · • 0.88 • • 63,000 • 0.83 • 55,500 · 0.76 38,500 · 0.71 ...
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... October 20 October 21 October 22 October 23 October 25 October 31 November 3 Diameter in Miles . Distance from Sun. · 117,900 0.92 • • 125,800 • · 0.93 • 133,500 • • 0.94 0.96 156,200 • 0.99 . • 159,000 • 1.08 • . • 198,400 • 1.12 ...
... October 20 October 21 October 22 October 23 October 25 October 31 November 3 Diameter in Miles . Distance from Sun. · 117,900 0.92 • • 125,800 • · 0.93 • 133,500 • • 0.94 0.96 156,200 • 0.99 . • 159,000 • 1.08 • . • 198,400 • 1.12 ...
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... October 684 , which resembled a half moon , or of that recorded by the historians of the ninth century , at the beginning of the reign of Leo the Armenian in 813 , said to have been like two moons joined together . Something very ...
... October 684 , which resembled a half moon , or of that recorded by the historians of the ninth century , at the beginning of the reign of Leo the Armenian in 813 , said to have been like two moons joined together . Something very ...
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... October the comet rapidly in- reased in brightness , and for the five weeks following vas watched with the naked eye in its course through Jrsa Major , Hercules , and Ophiuchus . The tail ttained its maximum length about the middle of ...
... October the comet rapidly in- reased in brightness , and for the five weeks following vas watched with the naked eye in its course through Jrsa Major , Hercules , and Ophiuchus . The tail ttained its maximum length about the middle of ...
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amongst the stars Aphelion appearance April arrival at perihelion astronomers August Author axis Berlin Biela bodies Bouvard bright Brorsen Burckhardt calculated Cambridge century Chinese observations Clausen Collegio Romano comet discovered comet observed Comet of Encke comet of Halley comet was observed computed constellation D'Arrest December detected diameter Discovered by Pons earth elements epoch exhibited February Gambart grand comet Greenwich Mean Halley's comet heavens Herschel Hevelius Hind History identity Isle of Bourbon January John Herschel July June Jupiter Königsberg Laugier least distance length Lexell March Marseilles Mechain miles month motion naked eye nebulosity November nucleus numbers observatory observed in Europe Octavo October Olbers Ophiuchus parabolic Paris path perihelion distance perihelion passage period of revolution periodical comet perturbations Peter Apian Pingré planetary probable Professor Encke right ascension Rome Rümker Second Edition Sept September Struve sun's tail tions Tycho Brahe Ursa Major Verrier Vico