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THE DELPORTE OBJECT.—M. Delporte has issued a notice of erratum in his telegram announcing the finding of this object. The figures + Im 48s, N. 14′ were really the motions in R.A. and Decl. in 2 days, not 1 day. Making this alteration, it was soon found that the object is not new, but is identical with the minor planet 29 Amphitrite, which is in opposition next October, some six months before its perihelion. It had already been perceived that Amphitrite was close to the position given by M. Delporte, but the original statement of its motion seemed fatal to identity.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 116, 110 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116110b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/116110b0