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AN I.A.U. telegram from Copenhagen announces that Comet Fayo has been discovered by Jeffers at Harvard on November 3 at 4h. 1m. U.T. Its position is given as R.A. 20h. 13m. 28·3s., S.Dec. 10° 18′ 15″, and it is described as diffuse with central condensation. In the “Handbook of the British Astronomical Association”, 1939, the elements and ephemeris of this comet have been computed by Messrs. W. P. Henderson and P. J. Harris, who applied the perturbations of Jupiter and Saturn. Perihelion passage is given as April 23, 1940, but it will be apparently half a day later. A comet was discovered by Frien at Harvard on November 4 at 13h. 30m. Its position is given as R.A. 16h. 52·9m., N. Dec. 34° 03′. The daily motion is +7m. 30s. in R.A. and -10′ in Dec. It is described as diffuse without central condensation or nucleus. Nothing is stated about its magnitude.
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Recent Comets. Nature 144, 862 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144862a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144862a0