C/1847 C1 (Hind)
 Hind's Comet visible in broad daylight on 30 March 1847 | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | John Russell Hind |
| Discovery site | London, England |
| Discovery date | 6 February 1847 |
| Designations | |
| 1847 I[2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch | 9 April 1847 (JD 2395760.5) |
| Observation arc | 77 days |
| Number of observations | 160 |
| Aphelion | ~945 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.043 AU |
| Semi-major axis | ~475 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.99991 |
| Orbital period | ~10,300 years |
| Inclination | 48.664° |
| 23.824° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 254.36° |
| Mean anomaly | 0.0009° |
| Last perihelion | 30 March 1847 |
| TJupiter | 0.180 |
| Physical characteristics[4] | |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 6.8 |
| 4.3 (1847 apparition) | |
Hind's Comet, formally designated as C/1847 C1, is a non-periodic comet that became visible to the naked eye in March 1847. It is the second comet discovered by English astronomer, John Russell Hind.
References
[edit]- ^ G. Bishop; J. R. Hind (1847). "Observations of Hind's second comet (1847, Feb. 6)" (PDF). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 7 (13): 247–249. doi:10.1093/mnras/7.13.247.
- ^ "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "C/1847 C1 (Hind) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ G. W. Kronk (2003). Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 2: 1800–1899. Cambridge University Press. pp. 171–174. ISBN 978-0-521-58505-7.
External links
[edit]- C/1847 C1 at the JPL Small-Body Database
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