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Show NEW COMET May Never Visit the Earth Again, Says Astronomer St. Louis. Feb. 1. "Comet A 1910" has a tall 43 degrees In length and la rushing away from the ear tii, according accord-ing to Father C. M. Charopplu, astronomer astron-omer at St. Louis university. The new comet is diminishing in brilliancy, he says, and tho nebulous matter about the nucleus has con-tractnd, con-tractnd, but the tall has grown to an enormous length. Father Charroppm believes the comet Is making its first and last visit to the earth. He Is uow figuring out whether Its path is an ellipse or parabola. If It Is found to 1 be elliptic, he believes the comet will vlplt the earth again in a few thousaiut years, otherwise It will travel to some other star. He believes Its path Is a parabola. |