Sep 23 1973
From The Space Library
Japanese amateur astronomer Tsuomi Seki reacquired and photographed Comet Kohoutek at his specially designed comet ob-servatory in Tokyo. The comet-last observed by its discoverer, Dr. Lubos Kohoutek, May 5-was falling toward the sun almost exactly as predicted and was approaching the earth and the sun in a long, sweep-ing orbit. (Am Mus-Hayden Planetarium Release, 10/1/73)
A New York Times editorial praised Skylab 3's solar observations: "The special value of the observations on the sun arises from that body's extraordinary behavior this month." An unexpected burst of tremendous solar activity had occurred. "An unprecedented wealth of data on this startling phenomenon [had] been gathered . . . , which should con-tribute significantly to helping scientists understand the physics and chemistry of the vast celestial body that is the source of almost all the energy available on earth." (NYT, 9/23/73)
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