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The Motion of Periodic Comet Pons-Brooks, 1812–1954

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

P. Herget
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati Observatory, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
H. J. Carr
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati Observatory, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The orbit of P/Pons-Brooks has been studied using the observations of 1812, 1883–1884 and 1953–1954. A curious deviation of the residuals has been established during the last two months of observation in April and May 1884, but no discontinuity in the orbit due to an impulsive action on the comet has been found. The observations covering two complete revolutions cannot be fitted into one single orbit.

Type
Part III/Motions of the Short-Period Comets
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

References

Herget, P.: 1939, Astron. J. 48, 105.CrossRefGoogle Scholar