Comet Donati (C/1858 L1)

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5235.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5235. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Comets

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A long-period comet discovered by Giovanni Donati in June 1858. It reached its greatest magnitude of -1 shortly before perihelion (0.58 AU) on 20 September, and was closest to Earth (0.5 AU) on 9 October. Its appearance was impressive, with a prominent curved dust tail stretching an estimated 60°, and two thin gas tails. Concentric, sharply defined shells of material ahead of the nucleus suggest...

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