C/1652 Y1

C/1652 Y1
Discovery
Discovered byDiego Rodríguez
Discovery date14 December 1652
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch13 November 1652 (JD 2324757.653)
Observation arc18 days
Number of
observations		54
Perihelion0.8475 AU
Eccentricity~1.000
Inclination79.461°
93.001°
Argument of
periapsis		300.19°
Last perihelion13 November 1652

C/1652 Y1 was a naked-eye comet observed, among others, by Jan van Riebeeck. First spotted on December 14, 1652, in Mexico City, by Novohispano friar Diego Rodríguez,[2] and next sighted on December 16, 1652, by Dutch observers at Pernambuco (Brazil).[3]

As of June 2008 the comet was about 280 AU from the Sun (very approximate due to poorly determined orbit).[1]

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