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THE COMET OF 1900.

POSSIBLE CONTACT WITH THE EARTH.

■r CABLE—PBESS ABSOCIATION-COPYEIGHT.

(Received Dec. 9^ 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. if. ProfeMor Cooke, the Government Astronomer, states that the comet of 1900, which was recently re^discbrered, is «tiH faintly visible through the tele--ccope. Sooner nr later it will pass very riose to the earth, or may actually run tnto uh. The first chance of this hapfiening will be in October, 1926; hence *t is important to ascertain the comet's present movement with a view to providing a basis for reliable prediction regarding the 1926 return. '

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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 9 December 1913, Page 8

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THE COMET OF 1900. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 9 December 1913, Page 8

THE COMET OF 1900. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 9 December 1913, Page 8