The Archive · 1931

Discovery of Comet Confirmed

Cambridge, Mass., July 24, Officials at the Harvard Univer.

ity Observatory announced to-day that astronomers at the Mount Wileon Observatory, California, have confirmed the recent. Japanese discovery of Nagata's comet, The new find in astronomical science is attracting the attention fof the scientific world, Until the announcement of to-day, proof of tence of Nagata's jscovered by leading Japan Astronomers, was lacking.

At the Mount Wilson Observa tory efforts are being made to Further observations of Nagata's comet, Much study of the comet remains to be made and itis not known whether Nagata's comet ty to be a permanent visitor the known solar system.—United Press,

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