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15th Century Comet Orbits

C/1402 D1

Closest to the Earth: 1402 February 20 (0.7061 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hind        1402 Mar. 21 (UT)       91      126       55      0.38     1.0      -----

C/1433 R1

Closest to the Earth: 1433 October 9 (1.2290 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hind        1433 Nov. 5.69 (UT)    208.20   118.06   102.88   0.32855  1.0      ----- 
Laugier     1433 Nov. 4.92 (UT)    212.83   141.72   100.92   0.33946  1.0      ----- 
Celoria     1433 Nov. 8.270 (UT)   189.392  104.255  103.979  0.49277  1.0      -----

C/1439 F1

Closest to the Earth: 1439 March 30 (0.3204 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hasegawa    1439 May 9   (UT)      140      192       81      0.12     1.0      -----

C/1449 Y1

Closest to the Earth: 1450 January 26 (0.5035 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hind        1449 Dec. 9            277      151       75      0.151    1.0      ----- 
Celoria     1449 Dec. 9.868 (UT)   356.691  268.809  155.679  0.32742  1.0      -----

1P/1456 K1 (Halley)

Closest to the Earth: 1456 June 18 (0.4454 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Pingre      1456 Jun. 9.424 (UT)   107.7     56.3    162.1    0.58552  1.0      ----- 
Celoria     1456 Jun. 8.7023 (UT)  105.0151  51.5335 162.4165 0.580270 0.967832 76.61 
Kiang       1456 Jun. 9.1 (UT)     105.8562  51.8901 162.8913 0.578940 0.968047 77.12 
Chang       1456 Apr. 28           106.555   52.497  162.949  0.58858  0.96693  75.09 
YK1981      1456 Jun. 9.6326 (ET)  105.8351  51.8662 162.8896 0.579701 0.967997 77.10 
Landgraf    1456 Jun. 9.6737 (ET)  105.8332  51.8688 162.8850 0.579743 0.968006 77.13 
Sitarski    1456 Jun. 8.1029 (ET)  105.8384  51.8781 162.9102 0.579410 0.968022 77.13

C/1457 A1

Closest to the Earth: 1457 February 22 (0.3241 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Celoria     1457 Jan. 18.4794 (UT) 194.597  257.529   13.251  0.70336  1.0      ----- 
Crommelin   1457 Jan. 24.97 (UT)   204.14   242.79    23.72   0.7276   0.9211   28.00

C/1457 L1

Closest to the Earth: 1457 July 2 (0.2682 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hind        1457 Sep. 4.2 (UT)     196.55   263.85    20.33   0.3229   1.0      ----- 
Celoria     1457 Aug. 8.5006 (UT)  185.021  192.083    9.793  0.76043  1.0      ----- 
Celoria     1457 Aug. 8.105 (UT)   183.281  187.551    7.335  0.76991  1.0      -----

C/1458 Y1

Closest to the Earth: 1458 December 23 (0.2098 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hasegawa    1458 Nov. 7 (UT)       258      117       69      0.49     1.0      -----

C/1462 M1

Closest to the Earth: 1462 July 2 (0.2865 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hind        1462 Aug. 6.6          189       33      155      0.31     1.0      -----
Hasegawa    1462 Aug. 4 (UT)       137      316      130      0.25     1.0      -----

C/1468 S1

Closest to the Earth: 1468 October 1 (0.6691 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Laugier     1468 Oct. 7.910 (UT)    65.30    68.73   135.70   0.85328  1.0      ----- 
Valz        1468 Oct. 7.927 (UT)    69.83    78.58   141.99   0.82972  1.0      ----- 
Hasegawa    1468 Oct. 7.3 (UT)      91      107      138      0.85     1.0      -----

C/1471 Y1

Closest to the Earth: 1472 January 22 (0.0696 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1472 Feb. 29.433 (UT)  235.525  288.449  174.693  0.54273  1.0      ----- 
Laugier     1472 Feb. 28.718 (UT)  158.22   213.64   178.03   0.56457  1.0      ----- 
Celoria     1472 Mar. 1.4391 (UT)  245.728  292.873  170.8664 0.48589  1.0      -----

C/1490 Y1

Closest to the Earth: 1491 January 12 (0.5159 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hind        1490 Dec. 24.97 (UT)   129.84   295.90    51.65   0.7376   1.0      ----- 
Peirce      1491 Jan. 5.4 (UT)     155      270      105      0.755    1.0      ----- 
Hasegawa    1491 Jan. 8.9 (UT)     164.9    280.2     73.4    0.761    1.0      -----

X/1491 B1

Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hasegawa    1491 Jan. 22.7 (UT)    316      166        9      0.85     1.0      -----

C/1499 Q1

Closest to the Earth: 1499 August 17 (0.0586 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hind        1499 Sep. 6.68 (UT)     33.4    333.5     21.1    0.954    1.0      ----- 
Hasegawa    1499 Sep. 9 (UT)        42      329       16      0.95     1.0      -----

C/1500 H1

Closest to the Earth: 1500 June 2 (0.8319 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hind        1500 May 17 (UT)        20      317      105      1.40     1.0      ----- 
Hasegawa    1500 Apr. 30 (UT)      352      305       99      1.11     1.0      -----

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