Bernd, Sean and List, Thank you Bernd and Sean for your observations and information. Best, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
--- On Thu, 9/25/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Year of Meteorrs (1859-60) > To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 7:15 AM > Dirk wrote: > > "The comet was most likely Comet 1859(1) - Comet > Temple1." > > Sean wrote: > > "Is it possible that they were not actually speaking > of a meteor/ > meteorite, but referencing the Wilhelm Tempel 1859 > comet?" > > > Hello Dirk, Sean, and List, > > Not quite sure whether Comet 1859 and Comet Tempel 1 are > identical. > Wilhelm Tempel discovered Tempel 1 on the night of April 3, > 1867 and > as the comet's period is about six years, its previous > apparition must have > been 1861, not 1859. He did discover a comet in 1859, the > only one that > year. So, like Sean, I think that Walt Whitman may have > thought of Comet > 1859 but somehow intermingled the spectacular Leonid meteor > shower > (whose parent comet is 55P/ *T e m p e l* -Tuttle) and > Comet 1859. > > I don't even think that Walt was thinking of Comet 1859 > because it was > quite unspectacular. What about Comet Donati or Biela or > even Halley? > > A case of "poetic license" ? ... Maybe > > Best, > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list