John Tebbutt's observations of Halley's Comet in 1910
Abstract
The Windsor amateur astronomer, John Tebbutt, had a ceased observing in 1907. However, in 1909, at the age of 75, he came out of retirement to observe Halley's comet and his astrometric positions were published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. These data were used, together with most published observations from the 1835 and 1910 apparitions, for the computation of Halley's orbit for ESA's Halley intercept spacecraft, Giotto.
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
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- 1986
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- 1986PASA....6..354R