Great Comet of 1472

The comet of 1472 depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493)

The great comet of 1472 was visible from Christmas Day 1471 to 1 March 1472 (Julian Calendar), for a total of 59 days.[1] The comet passed 0.07 AU from Earth on 22 January 1472, closer than any other great comet in modern times.[2]

  1. ^ Donald K. Yeomans, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Great Comets in History, 2007.
  2. ^ Stoyan, Ronald; Dunlop, Storm (2015). Atlas of Great Comets. Cambridge University Press. pp. 49–50. doi:10.1017/CBO9781316145166.010.