C/1865 B1

C/1865 B1
Discovery
Discovered byFrancis Abbott
Discovery date17 January 1865
Designations
Great Southern Comet of 1865
1865 I
Orbital characteristics[1][2]
Epoch14 January 1865 (JD 2402251.3253)
Observation arc102 days
Number of
observations		198
Perihelion0.025844 AU
Eccentricity~1.000
Inclination92.4945°
254.825°
Argument of
periapsis		111.717°
Last perihelion14 January 1865

C/1865 B1 (Great Southern Comet of 1865) was a non-periodic comet, which in 1865 was so bright that it was visible to unaided-eye observations in the Southern Hemisphere. The comet could not be seen from the Northern Hemisphere.

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