Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-10
WILL THE COMEC FALL INTO
THE sun
Astronomer Proctor Considers such aM
Event Possible, ana does not ip.
prchend Dire hi sastcr.

Mr.. Richard A. Proctor, the English
astronomer, writes as follows TO the New
York Herdh: AT last we seem likely to
learn what will happen TO the solar system
when large comet falls into the sun. There
is scarcely room for any doubt that astrono-
mers were right in regarding the comet Of
1880 as return of the comet Of 1913 From an
interval Of l75 years to one OF 81 years, then
to an interval of less than 80 months, is a
very Startling rate of change, Enckc's comet
had seemed to tell us very imprcssivcly of
the gradual approach toward the sun which
comets may undergo; but astronomers only
recognize iu its case diminution of the
period of revolution by a few hours in each
circuit. Here, however, Is Il comet which
.afcr 1868 had had n period flfty-two times
as long as the period of Encke's, after lS43
only eleven times as long, and after 1889
reduced 10 four-fiiths of the period Of this,
which had been the comet of shortest known
period. What the time of circulation will
now be remains to be seen. For my own
part | should say it would be less than a
year. In fact from calculations which have
made ! see reason to believe that the comet
will be back in less than hall Il year
perhaps before Christmas-which ought Ia
be interesting news TO the believers in
pyramid prophecy.
But now the important question arises
What will happen rs the period grows
shorter and shorter: Suppose the comet
were to return to the sun in nine months,
then in three, then in one, then in IL fort
night, then in "A week, three days, one day,
half II day all these put together make up
snnnosc r,ch nrri,d In In, half the nrrcrding
tLrngl ne wc have soon Tho into of r,duciinr
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