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ABSTRACT THE THIRD COMET of 1822.—Neither Gallein his catalogue, nor Karl hi his _Repertorium der Cometen Astronomie_, refers to any observations of this comet except the imperfect ones made
by Gaturegli at Bologna, and two by Gambart at Marseilles, and the only orbits found in the catalogues are the two calculated by Heiligenstein. The comet was however observed at Rio de
Janeiro, from June 18 to June 24, and Henderson reduced the observations, which were made by Lieut. Robertson, R.N., and calculated an approximate orbit upon them. The coinefc approached
near to the earth, and is of some interest upon that account. Mr. Hind has combined the observations of both hemispheres, and with the following results for the elements of the orbit:
Henderson's numbers, not being found in our catalogues, are annexed:— Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your
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