Determinatio orbitae grandis cometae anni 1858 e cunctis observationibus. Dissertatio astronomica. . .. by [Comets] ASTEN, Emilio von (fl.1843-1878) - 1858

Bonn:: Carl Georgi, 1858., 1858. 4to. [iv], 16, [2] pp. Tables. Self-wraps. Ms. notations on top cover. Very good. Asten’s dissertation (how young was he!?). He later wrote, Resultate aus Otto von Struve's Beobachtungen der Uranustrabanten (1872). The present work is dedicated to Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (1799-1875), who became professor of astronomy at the Prussian University of Bonn in 1836. Among Argelander's students and assistants were Eduard Schonfeld, Adalbert Krueger, Leopold Kronecker, and Franz Woepcke.