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WOLF'S COMET.—The observations of this comet to the end of September having been found irreconcilable with parabolic motion, Prof. Krueger, the editor of the Astronomische Nach-richten, and Mr. S. C. Chandler, jun., of Harvard College, have investigated the elements by a general method, and find an elliptic orbit of very limited dimensions, the period of revolution being 6.55 years by Prof. Krueger's calculation, and 6.65 years by Mr. S. C. Chandler's. Other elements by the former calculation are as follows:—
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 30, 615–616 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030615a0
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