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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... arrived at its least distance from the sun on the 10th of January , 1829 , and the following were its actual ... arrival at perihelion . October October 25 November November 13 November 16 November 20 • . Distance from Sun. 1838 ...
... arrived at its least distance from the sun on the 10th of January , 1829 , and the following were its actual ... arrival at perihelion . October October 25 November November 13 November 16 November 20 • . Distance from Sun. 1838 ...
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... arrival at perihelion . 2. The longitude of perihelion , or the longitude of the comet at the time it reaches this point , as viewed from the sun's centre . It is usually reckoned on the ecliptic to the node , and thence on the orbit ...
... arrival at perihelion . 2. The longitude of perihelion , or the longitude of the comet at the time it reaches this point , as viewed from the sun's centre . It is usually reckoned on the ecliptic to the node , and thence on the orbit ...
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... arrived at perihelion between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice . The perihelion distances are thus distributed : - Between 0.0 and 0.5 • • 54 comets . 0.5 1.0 99 99 • • 95 1.0 1.5 • 99 99 · 31 " " 1.5 2.0 8 " " " " • 99 6 19 ...
... arrived at perihelion between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice . The perihelion distances are thus distributed : - Between 0.0 and 0.5 • • 54 comets . 0.5 1.0 99 99 • • 95 1.0 1.5 • 99 99 · 31 " " 1.5 2.0 8 " " " " • 99 6 19 ...
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... arrival at perihelion was the 26th of November , a fortnight later than that announced by Pontecoulant or Rosen- berger . The cause of this difference has been attri- buted to the want of a sufficiently minute attention to the effects ...
... arrival at perihelion was the 26th of November , a fortnight later than that announced by Pontecoulant or Rosen- berger . The cause of this difference has been attri- buted to the want of a sufficiently minute attention to the effects ...
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... though it does not appear to have been so bright as in 1456 . It arrived at perihelion on the 9th of November , and therefore followed a track amongst the stars not very different from that pursued in the autumn of 1835 . 50 THE COMETS .
... though it does not appear to have been so bright as in 1456 . It arrived at perihelion on the 9th of November , and therefore followed a track amongst the stars not very different from that pursued in the autumn of 1835 . 50 THE COMETS .
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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