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COMET V., 1863.—With reference to a remark in this column at p. 111 of the present volume of NATURE, suggesting that a further and more minute discussion of the elements of this comet might be desirable, Prof. Valentiner, director of the Observatory at Carlsruhe, has been good enough to draw our attention to a memoir by himself upon the subject which we had overlooked; it is entitled “Determinatio orbitæ Cometæ V. anni 1863,” and was published at Berlin in 1869. The observations, about 130 in number, extend from 1863, December 28, to 1864, March 1, and Prof. Valentiner forms nine normal positions upon them. The perturbations of the earth and Jupiter are taken into account (the comet having approached the former at the end of January within about 0·18) and the following parabolic elements result:—
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 24, 541–542 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024541a0
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