Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 147
ut 4° wide, and from 30° to44° in length. The edges were bright and decided, the middle faint, and the inter-vening spaces as dark as the rest of the firmament, the stars shining in them. Whencircumstances were favorable to the display of this remarkable body, the scene wasstriking and magnificent,… … PRIMARY ASTRONOMY. 141 ORBIT OF A COMET. [Here it will be seen that the orbit is very eccentric, that the perihelion point isvery near the Sun, and the aphelion point very remote. See cuts, pages 2 and 30.] 6§0. What effect has this Eccentricity upon the motion of Comets ? It makes a great…
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