Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Diego Rodríguez |
Discovery date | December 14, 1652 |
Designations | |
1652 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Perihelion | 0.8475 AU |
Eccentricity | 1.0 |
Inclination | 79.461° |
Last perihelion | November 13, 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,[1] and next sighted on December 16, 1652, by Dutch observers at Pernambuco (Brazil).[2]
As of June 2008[update] the comet was about 280 AU from the Sun (very approximate due to poorly determined orbit).[3][4]