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Show The Comet of 1882. Tho comet which wna bo brilliant In the Into summer of 1SS2 hna gono Into astronomical history under the designation of "tho groat September comet of 1882," Of far moro vnluo than Its mere name la ita Identification Identifi-cation ns ono of n series of comotnry bodlos pursuing a common orbit nlong which thoy nro spaced yonrs apart. Tho great southern comet of February, 1S80. and this comot of 1SS2 seom to be associated in somo way with the remarkablo comet which blazed Into view In daylight Fobrtmry 2S, 1843. The poriod of tho 1SS2 comot hns been computed at 773 years, subject to grent perturbntlon by reason of its excessively cloce approach to the sun nt perihelion . |