Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 426
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… … 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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