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C/1907 T1 (Mellish)

C/1907 T1 (Mellish)

C/1907 T1 (Mellish) is a faint non-periodic comet that was observed between October 1907 and January 1908. It is the first comet discovered independently by American astronomer, John Edward Mellish.

Observational history The comet was already on its outbound trajectory when it was first spotted by John E. Mellish on the night of 14 October 1907. At the time, it was an 8th-magnitude object moving towards the northwest within the constellation Hydra. It was last observed by Max Wolf when it faded to magnitude 16.5 as he photographed it from the Heidelberg Observatory on 22 January 1908.

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References

External links C/1907 T1 at the JPL Small-Body Database

Tags

  • Comet stubs
  • Hyperbolic comets
  • Near-Earth comets
  • Non-periodic comets