The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 343
It sometimeshappens that the orbit of a comet intersects that of the earth,as is shown in Fig. 357, which shows a portion of the orbitof Bielas comet, with the positions of the comet and of theearth in 1832. Of course, were a comet and the earth both toreach the intersection of their orbits at the… … ASTRONOMY. 317 effect if a comet sliould strike the earth ? This would dependupon what sort of a comet it was, and what part of the cometcame in contact with our planet. The latter might pass throughthe tail of the largest comet without the slightest effect beingproduced; the tail being so thin and…
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