> first predicted return, but for the next fifteen years, nearly all
comet
> discoveries were made by Messier. It was rumored that he may have been
> even more upset over the discovery of a comet by a rival while he was
> attending his dying wife than he was over her death.
I find that perfectly understandable. His wife's death meant he could go
back to comet hunting. I see no confusion of priorities here. Of course,
I'm not married anymore either. :-)
Jack Jones
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