The Great Comet of 372–371 BC (sometimes Aristotle's Comet) was a comet that is thought to possibly be the source of the Kreutz sungrazer family.[1][2]
The Great Comet was observed by Aristotle,[3]Ephorus,[4] and Callisthenes.[5] Ephorus reported that it split into two pieces,[4] a larger fragment that is thought to have possibly returned in 1106 AD, as X/1106 C1,[6] and another smaller fragment. While visible from Earth, it was said to have cast shadows at night comparable to a full moon.[3]
^ abDavid A.J. Seargent (2008), "The Great Comet of (ca.) 372 B.C., Aristotle's Comet", The Greatest Comets in History, Springer Science & Business Media, ISBN9780387095134