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Identifier: astronomyforhigh00newc (find matches)
Title: Astronomy for high schools and colleges
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909 Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author
Subjects: Astronomy
Publisher: New York, H. Holt and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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al of the great comet of 1680. G-reat Comet of 1811. —Fig. 110 shows its general ap-pearance. It has a period of over 3000 years, and itsaphelion distance is about 40,000,000,000 miles. Great Comet of 1843.—One of the most brilliant com-ets which have appeared during the present century wasthat of February, 1843. It was visible in full daylightclose to the sun. Considerable terror was caused in somequarters, lest it might presage the end of the world,which had been predicted for that year by Miller. Atperihelion it passed nearer the sun than any other bodyhas ever been known to pass, the least distance being onlyabout one fifth of the suns semi-diameter. With a veryslight change of its original motion, it would have actuallyfallen into the sun. OREAT COMET OF 1858. Great Comet of 1858.—Anotlicr rcinarkal^le comet forthe length of time it remained visible was that of 1858.It is frequently called after the name of Donati, its firstdiscoverer. !No comet visiting our neighborhood in
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Fig. 110 —great comet of 1811. recent times has afforded so favorable an opportunity forstud)^ng its physical constitution. Some of the results ofthe observations made upon it have already been presented.

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