The Panola weekly star., 1882-10-07

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tom vhich usually move In yer,
eccentric ofbiis, approaching ycfj
near 10 ihosunin their pefihflioh
and reccdina tpa very great ~
tanco from " At their aphelion a
comet commonly consists u thrc'
parts the nucleus, The envelope
~ coma, aud The tall bnt one ol
more of those parts Is frequently
wanting Tyebo l'rahe was th'
first ~ prove by diroct observation
that comet. are not mere phcno
mena n our own atmosphere, bu
certainly further away than tn
moon. After establishingthe thee
~ Of grayiIation, Newton asseric'
that comets obey the law Of sola
attraction, and therefore move oiti
or on elliptic, parabolic, or hypel
bolic paths. Assuming the peric
icity Of a comets return, astron'
mers, in some instances, have bee
able to predict with accuracy I'll
time Of its reappcaronce. Tn
system IL termed Newton's thcor
Of comctic motions. When a larl
and perfect comot-one having
nucleus, coma and tail lis a
preaching the sun, the haze
light usually changes from
rounded TO an elongated figuI
The tail usually grows larger al
brighter rs the comet ncars u
sun, aud so continues for q leng
oftimc after the comet passes aw
from the suns immediate vicil
ty. In modern times comets not
for great brilliancy and dime
: sions appeared in 1880, 1907, Is
1915, 1919, 1875, lSi3, 1877, Is
, and 1861. The great comet of II
had six tails, and in 1874 the con
: known as Bicla's divided il
: distinct comets, each presenting
the constituent elements OF 81
: bodies. These comets Travelled q
. by side, even intcrchanging lust
y first one then the other appcari
: brighter. When Biela's con
J returned in 1882 each retained
d same position. This comet re-
u peared in 1859 and in 1865,
e not under conditions favorable
% observation, since when 1t has
u been visible. The recent discov
70 that the August and Novem
l. meteor systems follow in the tr'
q Of two great comets has led SOM
II suppose that there is an intim
IL relation between comets and
n tcors. Schiaparelli, a learned
Al thority, considers mcteors disper
X portions Of the comets origi
at substance. Thus il seems con
ir consist Of a multitude Of rclati'
: minute masses. Others reg
ld them as chiefly gaseous.
p comets with n period Of not {
I'd seven years travel around in
&c same direction as planets. or
'c- comets with periods under Gig
'c' years in length fivc-sixths pu
ge the same course as the planets.
nd will be remembered that sev
N, comets appeared last year
nj many that they were classcc
lb- comets A, Il, c, d, etc. The
pie sonnet bears a close rcscmblanc
ar the comet Of 1850. On the 22'
In il passed at a distance Of so
oil miles from the sun, which is
iso lievcd TO be the nearest appr
'ch ever made by a comet to
act luminary. This comet Is
qn. moving a little south Of west,
OIL from the earth, is rapidly gro
raj DINNER and will scon disap
The new comet is not large
brighter than comets In ger
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