Great Comet of 1680

The Great Comet of 1680, also known as C/1680 V1 or Kirch's Comet, was the first to discover comet through a telescope.

The comet was by Gottfried Kirch on 4 Novemberjul. / November 14 1680greg. discovered. He was one of the brightest comets of the 17th century who could be observed even in the daytime and a spectacular long tail possessed. He passed by the Earth at a distance of only 0.4 astronomical units on November 30. Then he reached perihelion at a distance of only 0.006 AU ( 898,000 km ) on December 18, 1680 and reached its greatest brightness on 29 December, when he was already on its way to the far reaches of the solar system. The comet was observed recently on March 19, 1681. In June 2008, the comet was at a distance of 252 AU.

While the comet was discovered in 1680 by Gottfried Kirch and named after him ( 1645-1711 ) tribute must also be the Jesuit Eusebio Francisco Kino be paid to the recording the path of the comet. During his delayed departure to Mexico movie started late with his observations in Cadíz in 1680. With his arrival in Mexico City, he published Exposisión Astronomica de el [sic ] cometa ( 1681) in which he presented his observations. Cinema release was therefore one of the first scientific studies that came out in the New World.

Although the comet was undeniably a sungrazer, he was probably not part of the Kreutz group. In addition to his brilliant appearance of the comet of Isaac Newton was used to test Kepler's laws.