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C/1702 H1 (also known as "the comet of 1702") is a comet discovered by Maria Margaretha Kirch in Germany on April 20, 1702.

C/1702 H1

Discovery
Discovered by	Maria Kirch
Discovery date	April 20, 1702
Alternative designations	C/1702 H1 "Comet of 1702"

1702 apparition

Kirch discovered the comet on April 20, 1702. The comet was a short distance above the horizon and was said to resemble a "nebulous star".

An independent discovery was made by Philippe de La Hire (Paris, France) on April 24.

The last observation of the comet was made by Bianchini and Maraldi on May 5, 1702.

Orbit

Very similar parabolic orbits were computed for C/1702 H1 by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1761) and Johann Karl Burckhardt (1807).

Closest approaches to Earth

• 1702-04-20: 0.0435 AU from Earth

References

• Gary W., Kronk; Brian G Marsden (1999). Cometography: A Catalogue of Comets. Cambridge University Press. p. 388. ISBN 0-521-58504-X.

На других языках

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[es] C/1702 H1

C/1702 H1 (también conocido como «el cometa de 1702») es un cometa descubierto por Francesco Bianchini y Giacomo Filippo Maraldi en Roma (Italia) el 20 de abril de 1702.[1]

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