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  1.                                                                                 Comets
  2.  
  3. Predicted Perihelion Passages of Comets, 1994:
  4.  
  5.                                   Revo-     Peri-
  6.                                  lution    helion
  7.                     Perihelion   period   distance
  8.    Periodic comet     date        years      au*
  9.  
  10. Schwassmann-
  11.   Wachmann 2        Jan.  23       6.4      2.07
  12. Encke               Feb.  09       3.3       .33
  13. Kojima              Feb.  18       7.8      2.40
  14. Tempel 2            Mar.  16       5.5      1.48
  15. Maury               Mar.  19       8.7      2.03
  16. Hartley 3           May   20       6.8      2.46
  17. Tuttle              June  26      13.5      1.00
  18. Bus                 June  28       6.5      2.18
  19. Reinmuth 2          June  29       6.6      1.89
  20. Kohoutek            June  29       6.7      1.78
  21. Tempel 1            July  03       5.5      1.49
  22. Wild 3              July  21       6.9      2.30
  23. Harrington          Aug.  23       6.8      1.57
  24. Brooks 2            Sep.  01       6.9      1.84
  25. Russell 2           Oct.  27       7.4      2.28
  26. Borrelly            Nov.  01       6.9      1.37
  27. Whipple             Dec.  22       8.5      3.09
  28.  
  29. * [1 au = approximately 93 million miles, or the
  30.   distance between the Earth and the sun.]
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  32. Source:The Nautical Almanac Office, U.S. Naval
  33.        Observatory.
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