Recreations in astronomy : with directions for practical experiments and telescopic work (1879)
Warren, Henry White, 1831-1912 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 142
Bielas comet was observed to bedivided. At its next return, in 1852, the parts were1,500,000 miles apart. They could not be found ontheir periodic returns in 1859,1865, and 1872; but it SHOOTING-STAR^ METEORS, AXD COMETS. 125 should have crossed the earths orbit early in Septem-ber, 1872. The earth… … M.-Orbit of the November Meteors ami tlie Comet of 1 L lr was shown that the point of the earth that would strike them would be toward a certain place, inthe constellation of Andromeda, if the remains of the di-bit.-d comet were >till there. The prediction was veri ery respect. At the appointed…
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