Comets. 133 



985. A comet appeared during tlie Pontificate of John XVI. 

 — (Platinge, De vitis summorum Pontificum.) 



989. [i.] On February 10 a comet appeared to the N. of a. 

 and j3 Pegasi. It was 1° long and lasted fourteen days. — 

 (Gaubil; Annalista Saxo.) Pingre questions the authenticity 

 of Gaubirs citation. — (Comet, i. 620.) 



990. A star, with a long tail, appeared in the E". ; after 

 some days it was in the W., and its tail extended to the E. — 

 (Romualdus Salernitanus, Chronicon.) It was seen in August 

 or September in the W. — (Couplet.) 



995. On August 10 a comet was seen. — (Hepidannus 

 Annates ; Florentius Vigorniensis, Chronicon.) 



998. In February a comet was seen to the N. of a and /3 

 Pegasi. — (Couplet; De Mailla, viii. 131.) 



1000. A comet appeared on December 14 for nine days. 

 It frightened everybody. — (Iperius Chronicon xxxiii.) A 

 meteor appeared at the same time, and the majority of the 

 writers confound the one with the other. 



1003. [i.] In the month of February a comet was seen, it 

 disappeared near the aun, and was only seen for a few days a 

 little before the rising of that body. — (Hepidannus Annates.) 



1003. [ii.] A comet appeared during the Pontificate of John 

 XVII. — (Chronicon Nurembergense.) It lasted a long time. — 

 (Chronicon Stederburgense.) It was discovered in China on De- 

 cember 23 ; it approached very near 9, t, i, v, $> Greminorum, 

 passed by a and Aiirigge, /3 Tauri, to the Cross of Orion, and 

 disappeared after thirty days. Its tail was 4° long and like a 

 vase in shape. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) Some European authors refer 

 to a comet in 1004, which is probably this one prolonged. 

 Pope John was elected on June 13, andiived only till Decem- 

 ber 7, so can there have been two comets between June, 1003, 

 and December — January, 1003-4 ? 



1005. A comet was seen in the S. — (Alpertus, Be 

 diversitate temporum .) It was in the W. in September, at the 

 commencement of night, and lasted three months. It shone 

 with great brilliancy and did not set till cock-crowing. — (Grlaber 

 Eodolphus, Annates.) It was seen in China within the circle of 

 perpetual apparition. — (De Mailla, viii. 158.) 



1012. A comet of extraordinary grandeur was seen for 

 three months in the Southern part of the heavens. — (Hepi- 

 dannus.) 



1015. A comet was seen in February. — (Protospat, Chro- 

 nicon.) 



1017. A comet, like a large beam, was seen for four months. 

 — (Sigebertus, Chronographia ; Gerbrandus, Chonicon Belgi- 

 cum, ix. 7.) 

 ■ 1018. On August 4 a comet appeared to the N.B. of (appa- 



