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D'ARREST'S COMET.—Although M. Leveau's elements of this comet for the approaching return to perihelion were communicated to the Academy of Sciences of Paris on January 22, they were unaccompanied by predicted places, and it would appear that the ephemeris has had only a very limited circulation, being confined, if we are rightly informed, to those observers who are in possession of the larger instruments. Hence comparatively few persons may have become acquainted with the circumstances under which this return of the comet to perihelion takes place, and it may not be without interest if we briefly examine the conditions as compared with those of former appearances.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 28, 44 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028044a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/028044a0