New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-23
ELEMENTS OF IHE COMET
FURTHER FACTS AND THEORIES.


FURTHER FACTS AND IfEOhlLc.
RrsUIls or OBSERVATIONS IN Cambridge ANp
wAsHINGroN--A TALK WITH PROFESSOR BOS-,
or The DUDLEY OBSERVATORY
BOsrON, Sept. 22.--An approximate compu-
totio,, OF tie element, OF the comet. completed by
: a. chandler ir a. the Harvard Observatory about
O'Clock this morning based upon The observation Of
Professor swift, OF Cincinnati, OF september L. ~ 3
H. together with that taken al 1870 p. m on september.
10 a Cambrds, and that at II O'Clock a. H. OF Septeu
Der 20 also al Cambridge, Il as follows: Time OF peri
heou iass4ge 1852, August 80. longitude Of perihc-
on 27Io Longitude Oi node l73o inclination ~ orbit
IL periheion distance, 100000 miles AT the time
OF the inst observation the comet was aOOut 3GUOOOOO
miles from The earth. nd at the time OF the three Obhcr-
vations 81 300 600 miles. This corresponds to rate of
speed OF 100000 miles a day. Assuming the iorcFo-
ing 10 be correct the comet Will approach WITHIN
900 900 Of the EARTH being nearest Ill the early
part II October. but Will tAsn De Visible only IN 'hc
southern Hemisphere. II WI probably br visible above
tne horizon for few days here at little before sun
rise Further verifying observations Will BE- taken be-
ford ,endlng this result to Europe
The elements Of the great come, Of 1913, Of which the
new comet IL supposed 10 be rcappeaFancc are as iG
lows: Pcriheion passage, February -, Sij; longitude
of D. hc.on 27ss 80; longitude OF node, i ~; in
cination Of orbit $50 AZ perihchon distance 5Oe@OO
miles, The comet Of o43 one Of tie finest ~ thc
century 1t had TAI sixty degrees long aud It's orbit
In remarkable for ITS small pcrnelon distance. The
,-lls
WAsuiNGrOS Sept. @2.All day Professors Frisby and
Simmer have been casuai Ing the orbit OF the great
comet The peculiar situation OF the comet on the sue
.s.iye DAYS OF observation, combined WITH Inc core
suouduq space have rendered TINS TASK one
~ upu-unt d nlsulty. rus difficulty III obtaining
accurate results Is much increased " reason Oh the
anal intervals OF time between the OhserYa
rtnn- cIDlD,rd The first taken by Frlsby n. p m
an September 10, the second by Wlnlock
a. II m on september 20, and the third by skinner on
september u. The elements u TIE ORBIT a1 found by
pr,fe.sors Frisby and skinner are these: PerihehOn
n,.snge Green ich time, D. W. september - Ioh2
iude az The node 32O degree y minutes node 10 perl
beIon 20 degrees 81 mnutes lnolinauou 81 utSFcfs'
~ minutes; perihehOn distance, oOOOOO mi1cs notion
Prpfss.or Boss OF the Dudley Observatory,
saI To-day: As computed by these gentlemen tht A.
cnrdance o elements above gwen Win thorr o lho
reat comet OF 1850 AL that could nave Oeen oAp'cteu
sveu were IL known to certainty thit thc Two Doues
% ns .nd the same In order that 10 may be seen how
Sc - tne rorrcsponfence Of the above clements with
,hose the 80 comet latter are gwen irOm me re-
cent cslcniations OF Meyer They are: Longitude OF
nod, $3.50 degrees, II uluutes node to peIlhrlon' -
derrees "A minutes; Inclination, 80 degrees % MN
utes perinelon s.ance. JfluOO miles II VIII mus DO
secn tn,t the lncnations differ less than one degree
and tnr DerinellOn distances less than JOOOOO miles
Tn. adherence and the difference between the long-
fes or me nodes are quite within the errors OF cacu
iatnn. made ON sucn comparatively slender dath Inc
e,uent IN tho present computation which l. thc"IcL
slIv the o-t certain II the inclination, ana thls dnors
icss' Than one degree FROM that or tue 1850 comet
s,FurthermOre when the preCeht elements are pro
,ccted ard ind the place of tue comet on sep
eDer ii, IL .oad thai tAe vlass VI mo ' ''A'"'