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Citations:

Text #86

Yeomans. Comets
[p. 363]

305 BC, China. A broom star comet appeared. Ho, (16).

Text #9136

Kronk. Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Series: Cometography. Vol. 1
[p. 511]

-304 The Chinese text Shih chi (-90) contains the only ancient account of this comet. It says a “broom star” was seen sometime during -304.

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