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THE IDENTITY OF SCHAUMASSE'S AND TUTTLE'S COMETS (19126).?Using new observations made by M. Schaumasse, and extending over the period October 18 to November 1, MM. Fayet and Schaumasse have derived a set of elements for comet 1912b which, when compared with the elements for Tuttle's comet, taking into account the approximate perturbations of Jupiter during the period 1900–01, show that the comets are undoubtedly identical. The comet is now too low to be observed in these latitudes, its positions for November 21 and 23 being α=11h. 43m., δ=37° 14.7′, and α=11h. 50 m., δ=–39° 68′, respectively. (Astronomische Nachrichten, No. 4612.)
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 90, 341 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/090341a0
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