The moon's distance from the earth is easier and simpler to be ascertained than that of any other heavenly body, because it is the nearest.
Fifthly, gravity, when acting at a distance from the earth, is not as intense as it is near the earth.
While moving in this part of its path the comet lessens its distance from the earth.
It daily increases in splendour, until at length, partly by the intrinsic increase in brightness and partly by the decrease in distance from the earth, it comes within the range of our telescopes.
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