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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... mean distance from that luminary , yet it was seen without any great optical aid for nearly six months . That discovered by Colla , in May , 1847 , was also followed till its distance from the earth was three - and - a - quarter times ...
... mean distance from that luminary , yet it was seen without any great optical aid for nearly six months . That discovered by Colla , in May , 1847 , was also followed till its distance from the earth was three - and - a - quarter times ...
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... mean distances rather less than in the case of Uranus . These bodies are amongst the most interest- ing objects in the heavens , and of high importance to the physical astronomer . The elements , as they are termed , of a 28 THE COMETS .
... mean distances rather less than in the case of Uranus . These bodies are amongst the most interest- ing objects in the heavens , and of high importance to the physical astronomer . The elements , as they are termed , of a 28 THE COMETS .
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... mean distance or half the greater axis . Occasionally it is expressed as an angle , which is actually formed by the minor - axis at its extremity on the border of the ellipse , with a line drawn thence to the focus . The greater this ...
... mean distance or half the greater axis . Occasionally it is expressed as an angle , which is actually formed by the minor - axis at its extremity on the border of the ellipse , with a line drawn thence to the focus . The greater this ...
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... means of ascertaining the period of a comet , when it extends to many centuries . The direct solution of the problem of finding the time of revolution frequently fails , from want of a sufficiently long series of observations , and ...
... means of ascertaining the period of a comet , when it extends to many centuries . The direct solution of the problem of finding the time of revolution frequently fails , from want of a sufficiently long series of observations , and ...
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... mean motion from 1759 , he fixed the ensuing return to perihelion , for the 4th of November , 1835 , at eight P.M. Paris time . Some years afterwards , M. Ponte- coulant , another eminent French geometer , investi- gated the problem ...
... mean motion from 1759 , he fixed the ensuing return to perihelion , for the 4th of November , 1835 , at eight P.M. Paris time . Some years afterwards , M. Ponte- coulant , another eminent French geometer , investi- gated the problem ...
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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