Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 390
is northof the Ecliptic; the dotted portion is south of it. The line of nodes COMETS. 365 of the comets orbit is marked on the diagram. The comet wasnearest to ihe Sun (at perihelion) on December 18, when its dis-tance was 0.19 (the Earths distance = 1.00). The positions of thecomet were v. 20 R.… … Fig. 198.—Medal of the Gkeat Comet op 1680-81. presage the fall of empires, the death of monarchs, theapproach of earthquakes, wars, pestilence, and every othercalamity that could afflict mankind. In showing the entiregroundlessness of such fears, science has rendered one ofits greatest benefits to…
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