The Comets: A Descriptive Treatise Upon Those Bodies. With a Condensed Account of the Numerous Modern Discoveries Respecting Them; and a Table of All the Calculated Comets, from the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeJ.N. Parker and son, 1852 - 184 oldal |
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... miles of the nuclei of some of the more remarkable comets , which have been satisfactorily measured within the last century : - The comet of 1815 , discovered by Olbers The great comet of 1825 The great comet of March , 1843 The first ...
... miles of the nuclei of some of the more remarkable comets , which have been satisfactorily measured within the last century : - The comet of 1815 , discovered by Olbers The great comet of 1825 The great comet of March , 1843 The first ...
19. oldal
... miles , or more than four times the distance which separates the moon from the earth . No other on record has surpassed this . In most in- stances the visible atmosphere of a comet is less than 100,000 miles in diameter , and but very ...
... miles , or more than four times the distance which separates the moon from the earth . No other on record has surpassed this . In most in- stances the visible atmosphere of a comet is less than 100,000 miles in diameter , and but very ...
20. oldal
... Miles . Distance from Sun. · · • 312,000 257,000 · 1.46 • · 1.32 · • 119,000 · • 0.97 • • 79,000 · 0.85 46,000 • 0.72 December 24 • 14,000 0.54 December 7 December 14 The observations of the same comet ten years later furnish another ...
... Miles . Distance from Sun. · · • 312,000 257,000 · 1.46 • · 1.32 · • 119,000 · • 0.97 • • 79,000 · 0.85 46,000 • 0.72 December 24 • 14,000 0.54 December 7 December 14 The observations of the same comet ten years later furnish another ...
21. oldal
... miles from the nucleus , while in others they are projected to the astonishing distance of one hundred or one hundred and fifty millions of miles , or even more . The train of the first comet of 1847 was 5,000,000 miles in length ; of ...
... miles from the nucleus , while in others they are projected to the astonishing distance of one hundred or one hundred and fifty millions of miles , or even more . The train of the first comet of 1847 was 5,000,000 miles in length ; of ...
22. oldal
... miles from the head !. If such a comet had been in the plane of the ecliptic , and close to the sun , the train would have extended far beyond the orbits of the Earth and Mars , terminating amongst those of the minor planets . Yet this ...
... miles from the head !. If such a comet had been in the plane of the ecliptic , and close to the sun , the train would have extended far beyond the orbits of the Earth and Mars , terminating amongst those of the minor planets . Yet this ...
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amongst the stars Aphelion appearance April arrival at perihelion astronomers August Author axis Berlin Biela bodies Bouvard bright Brorsen Burckhardt calculated Cambridge century Chinese observations Clausen Collegio Romano comet discovered comet observed Comet of Encke comet of Halley comet was observed computed constellation D'Arrest December detected diameter Discovered by Pons earth elements epoch exhibited February Gambart grand comet Greenwich Mean Halley's comet heavens Herschel Hevelius Hind History identity Isle of Bourbon January John Herschel July June Jupiter Königsberg Laugier length Lexell March Marseilles Mechain miles month motion naked eye nebulosity November nucleus numbers observatory observed in Europe Octavo October Olbers Ophiuchus parabolic Paris path perihelion distance perihelion passage period of revolution periodical comet perturbations Peter Apian Pingré planetary probable Professor Encke remarkable comet right ascension Rome Rümker Second Edition Sept September Struve sun's tail tions Tycho Brahe Ursa Major Verrier Vico
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