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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... Mechain , of Paris , discovered a telescopic comet , near the star ß , Aquarii . It was pretty large and bright , with a sen- sible nucleus surrounded by nebulosity , but without any appearance of a tail . Cloudy weather prevented M.
... Mechain , of Paris , discovered a telescopic comet , near the star ß , Aquarii . It was pretty large and bright , with a sen- sible nucleus surrounded by nebulosity , but without any appearance of a tail . Cloudy weather prevented M.
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... 0 17 56 0 0.5670 1532 Oct. 19 , 22 13 111 7 0 Oct. 19 , 14 53 135 44 0 80 27 119 8 0 32 36 0 0.5091 R Halley . D Halley . 0 42 27 0 0.6125 D Mechain . Year of Greenwich Mean Time of Longitude Appear . of CATALOGUE OF ORBITS . 127.
... 0 17 56 0 0.5670 1532 Oct. 19 , 22 13 111 7 0 Oct. 19 , 14 53 135 44 0 80 27 119 8 0 32 36 0 0.5091 R Halley . D Halley . 0 42 27 0 0.6125 D Mechain . Year of Greenwich Mean Time of Longitude Appear . of CATALOGUE OF ORBITS . 127.
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... Mechain . R Halley . R❘ Halley . D Henderson . Dec. 19 , 23 46 262 49 5 272 9 29 60 40 16 1682 Sept. 14 , 19 5 301 55 37 51 11 18 17 44 45 0.00622 0.99998542 D 0.58290 0.96792019 R Encke . Rosenberger . 1683 July 12 , 17 25 86 31 15 ...
... Mechain . R Halley . R❘ Halley . D Henderson . Dec. 19 , 23 46 262 49 5 272 9 29 60 40 16 1682 Sept. 14 , 19 5 301 55 37 51 11 18 17 44 45 0.00622 0.99998542 D 0.58290 0.96792019 R Encke . Rosenberger . 1683 July 12 , 17 25 86 31 15 ...
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... Mechain . -II . Nov. 29 , 12 32 16 3 28 77 22 52 27 13 8 0.96101 R Mechain . 1783 Nov. 19 , 11 51 50 3 8 55 45 20 44 53 24 1.45440 0.5395345 D Burckhardt . Nov. 19 , 13 30 49 31 55 55 12 0 47 43 0 1.49532 0.6784 D Burckhardt . 1784 Jan ...
... Mechain . -II . Nov. 29 , 12 32 16 3 28 77 22 52 27 13 8 0.96101 R Mechain . 1783 Nov. 19 , 11 51 50 3 8 55 45 20 44 53 24 1.45440 0.5395345 D Burckhardt . Nov. 19 , 13 30 49 31 55 55 12 0 47 43 0 1.49532 0.6784 D Burckhardt . 1784 Jan ...
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... Mechain . II . Nov. 20 , 7 16 22 49 54 352 24 26 64 30 24 0.75731 D Mechain . 1790 1. Jan. 15 , 5 6 60 14 32 176 11 46 31 54 15 0.75810 R Saron . Jan. 16 , 18 58 58 24 45 172 50 2 29 44 7 0.74734 R Saron . II . Jan. 28 , 7 36 111 44 37 ...
... Mechain . II . Nov. 20 , 7 16 22 49 54 352 24 26 64 30 24 0.75731 D Mechain . 1790 1. Jan. 15 , 5 6 60 14 32 176 11 46 31 54 15 0.75810 R Saron . Jan. 16 , 18 58 58 24 45 172 50 2 29 44 7 0.74734 R Saron . II . Jan. 28 , 7 36 111 44 37 ...
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