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C/1852 K1 (Chacornac)
Discovery
Discovered byJean Chacornac
Discovery siteMarseille, France
Discovery date16 May 1852
Designations
Alternative designations1852 II
Orbital characteristics
Epoch20 April 1852 (JD 2397598.5873)
Observation arc28 days
Earliest precovery date7 May 1852
Number of
observations		31
Perihelion0.905 AU
Eccentricity~1.000
Inclination131.12°
Longitude of
ascending node		319.27°
Argument of
periapsis		37.206°
Last perihelion20 April 1852
Physical characteristics
Apparent magnitude9.8
(1852 apparition)

Charconac's Comet, formally designated as C/1852 K1, is a faint parabolic comet that was observed through telescopes between May and June 1852. It is the only comet discovered by French astronomer, Jean Charconac, and is the parent body of the Eta Eridanids meteor shower.

References

Notes

  1. Alternatively, the periodic comet 273P/Pons–Gambart is also considered as the parent body of the Eta Eridanids. However, recent evidence suggests that C/1852 K1 (Charconac) is the much more likely candidate from where this meteor shower originated.

Citations

  1. "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  2. "C/1852 K1 (Chacornac) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  3. G. W. Kronk (2003). Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 2: 1800–1899. Cambridge University Press. pp. 208–210. ISBN 978-0-521-58505-7.
  4. P. Jenniskens; D. S. Lauretta; M. C. Towner; S. Heathcote; E. Jehin; et al. (2021). "Meteor showers from known long-period comets". Icarus. 365: 114469. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114469. ISSN 0019-1035.
  5. K. Ohtsuka; T. Tanigawa; H. Murayama; I. Hasegawa (6–10 August 2001). The new meteor shower η Eridanids. Proceedings of the Meteoroids. Kiruna, Sweden. pp. 109–112. Bibcode:2001ESASP.495..109O. ISBN 92-9092-805-0.

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