Deseret Evening News | 1901-01-01 | Page 3 | Comet is Disappearing

Comet IN III ObservatorY Cal Jan IThe cornet comet discovered by Giovanni lit at Nice Niue Prance France in III the con oon ut Thetis hu has been observed hero here the put past week by Mt 1111 Aitken It Is a faint object o of the eleventh mag and therefore r 1 a tale tele telescope scope ot of considerable Ize Ie to observe It tr Aitken hoe hall determined that this Is the cornet comet that Is i Its perihelion poSO or time of at near cot approach to the sun SUII occurred on Dec DC 1 at 1 a distance Oil only two per cant smaller than the earths distance from the sun The fhe plane ot of Its orbit makes fin an angle olle of at 31 d degrees with the ecliptic tic and intersects It In de degrace grace The present distance of oC the ornet th the earth is Ii some miles and the distance Is Increasing rue fhe brightness I is decreasing AO that there I ha no chance that the object will willlIe tie lIe visible without II a telescope