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COMET 1884 b (BARNARD, JULY 16).—Herr Stechert of Kiel has ascertained that the apparent deviation of the orbit of this comet from a parabola, mentioned last week, is due to error in the telegraphed position on the night of discovery, and that observations between July 23 and August 10, at Algiers and Rome, are well represented by the following parabolic elements:—
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 30, 431–432 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030431a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/030431a0