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C/1702 H1

Parabolic comet


Summary

Parabolic comet

FieldValue
nameC/1702 H1
(Comet of 1702)
discovererFrancesco Bianchini, Giacomo Filippo Maraldi
discovery_date20 April 1702
orbit_ref
observation_arc11 days
obs5
epoch14 March 1702 (JD 2342774.607)
perihelion0.6468 AU
eccentricity~1.000
inclination4.375°
asc_node193.294°
arg_peri309.637°
last_p14 March 1702

(Comet of 1702)

C/1702 H1, also known as the "Comet of 1702", is a comet discovered by Francesco Bianchini and Giacomo Filippo Maraldi in Rome, then part of the Papal States, on April 20, 1702.

1702 apparition

Bianchini and Maraldi discovered the comet on April 20, 1702. The comet was a short distance above the horizon and was said to resemble a "nebulous star".

The comet was independently discovered by Maria Margaretha Kirch (Berlin, Prussia) on April 21, and by Philippe de La Hire (Paris, France) on April 24.

The last observation of the comet was made by Bianchini and Maraldi on May 5, 1702.

Orbit

Very similar parabolic orbits were computed for C/1702 H1 by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1761) and Johann Karl Burckhardt (1807).

Closest approaches to Earth

  • 1702-04-20: 0.0435 AU from Earth

References

Citations

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Bibliography

References

  1. "In remembrance of Maria Winckelmann – British Astronomical Association".
  2. "In remembrance of Maria Winckelmann – British Astronomical Association".
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