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FINLAY'S COMET.—Mr. S. Hasunuma, of Tokyo, who has calculated the perturbations of Finlay's comet (Asir. Nach. 5453), finds that they delay the perihelion passage until August 7, which is some six weeks later than the approximate value assumed in the B.A.A. Handbook. The effect is to bring the comet into a more favourable position for observation, so that its detection this summer is now quite probable. The following ephemeris for oh is based oil perihelion August 3.0.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 118, 97 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118097b0
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