The New International Encyclopædia/Donati’s Comet

​DONATI’S COMET. A comet discovered June 2, 1858, at Florence. When nearest the earth it had an apparent length of 50°, corresponding to the enormous linear size of 45,000,000 miles. The tail was 10,000,000 miles wide. The comet was seen until March, 1859.

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