| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Diego Rodríguez |
| Discovery date | 14 December 1652 |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch | 13 November 1652 (JD 2324757.653) |
| Observation arc | 18 days |
| Number of observations | 54 |
| Perihelion | 0.8475 AU |
| Eccentricity | ~1.000 |
| Inclination | 79.461° |
| 93.001° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 300.19° |
| Last perihelion | 13 November 1652 |
C/1652 Y1 was a naked-eyecomet observed, among others, byJan van Riebeeck. It was first spotted on December 14, 1652, inMexico City, by Novohispano friarDiego Rodríguez,[2] and next sighted on December 16, 1652, by Dutch observers atPernambuco (Brazil).[3]
As of June 2008[update] the comet was about 280AU from the Sun (very approximate due to poorly determined orbit).[1]
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