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Short-Period Comet Orbits and Jupiter’s Orbit
Several elongated paths cross one another around a small central solar region. Labels name Encke, Biela, Faye, Brorsen and other comets, while the larger outer boundary is marked as Jupiter’s orbit. The diagram compares cometary paths within the planetary system. Its many intersecting ellipses form a collective orbital picture in Giberne’s historical astronomy book.
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Illustrator not identified. "Short-Period Comet Orbits and Jupiter’s Orbit" [editorial title]. In The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, Agnes Giberne; introduction by Charles Pritchard. 1898 edition, with copious additions, 1898, National Book Company. Source scan leaf 219. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0137-0219
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Illustrator not identified. Short-Period Comet Orbits and Jupiter’s Orbit. The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars. Scan leaf 219. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0137-0219