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16th Century Comet Orbits

C/1506 O1

Closest to the Earth: 1506 August 15 (0.1423 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Laugier     1506 Sep. 4.162 (UT)   242.27   139.75   134.93   0.38598  1.0      ----- 
Hasegawa    1506 Aug. 28.5 (UT)    200      156      115      0.84     1.0      -----

1P/1531 P1 (Halley)

Closest to the Earth: 1531 August 14 (0.4414 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1531 Aug. 25.3875 (UT) 107.94    56.12   162.10   0.567    1.0      ----- 
Halley      1531 Aug. 26.292 (UT)  104.5     52.2    163.0    0.57993  0.967373 74.94 
Kiang       1531 Aug. 25.8 (UT)    106.9969  53.0796 162.9172 0.580498 0.967800 76.55 
Landgraf    1531 Aug. 26.3191 (ET) 106.9734  53.0582 162.9127 0.581227 0.967761 76.55 
Sitarski    1531 Aug. 23.6782 (ET) 106.9789  53.0673 162.9374 0.580949 0.967775 76.55

C/1532 R1

Closest to the Earth: 1532 September 21 (0.6672 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1532 Oct. 20.417 (UT)   30.78    86.87    32.60   0.5091   1.0      ----- 
Mechain     1532 Oct. 20.120 (UT)   16.67   125.60    42.41   0.61255  1.0      ----- 
Olbers      1532 Oct. 18.832 (UT)   24.53    93.81    32.59   0.51922  1.0      -----

C/1533 M1

Closest to the Earth: 1533 August 2 (0.4211 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Douwes      1533 Jun. 16.82 (UT)    21.60   132.30   144.14   0.20280  1.0      ----- 
Olbers      1533 Jun. 15.383 (UT)  278.25   305.91    28.27   0.32686  1.0      ----- 
Kokott      1533 Jun. 15.417 (UT)   21.398  125.424  149.592  0.2548   1.0      -----

C/1538 A1

Closest to the Earth: 1537 December 17 (0.9358 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Landgraf    1537 Dec. 30.32 (UT)   287.70   356.20    42.46   0.14768  1.0      -----

C/1539 H1

Closest to the Earth: 1539 May 31 (0.2028 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hasegawa    1539 May 12.6 (UT)     174.5     55.1     18.6    0.961    1.0      -----

C/1556 D1

Closest to the Earth: 1556 March 12 (0.0834 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1556 Apr. 22.336 (UT)  103.12   181.90    32.05   0.4639   1.0      ----- 
Hind        1556 Apr. 22.3012 (UT)  91.053  182.767   36.132  0.56554  1.0      ----- 
Hind        1556 Apr. 22.5233 (UT)  98.807  181.634   30.145  0.50493  1.0      ----- 
Hoek        1556 Apr. 22.6846 (UT) 100.866  181.436   32.370  0.49082  1.0      -----

C/1557 T1

Closest to the Earth: 1557 October 25 (0.3006 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Hasegawa    1557 Sep. 22 (UT)       94      212       42      0.50     1.0      -----

C/1558 P1

Closest to the Earth: 1558 August 11 (0.1445 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Olbers      1558 Aug. 11.035 (UT)    2.77   338.75   106.58   0.5773   1.0      ----- 
Hoek        1558 Sep. 14.04 (UT)   119.60   341.21   110.94   0.2805   1.0      -----

X/1577 U1

Closest to the Earth: 1577 November 3 (0.1239 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Landgraf    1577 Nov. 8.5 (UT)      27.1     36.1      9.7    0.877    1.0      -----

C/1577 V1

Closest to the Earth: 1577 November 10 (0.6271 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1577 Oct. 27.282 (UT)  256.53    31.77   105.50   0.18342  1.0      ----- 
Wohlstedt   1577 Oct. 27.448 (UT)  255.673   31.237  104.883  0.1775   1.0      -----

C/1580 T1

Closest to the Earth: 1580 October 12 (0.2313 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1580 Nov. 29.125 (UT)   90.171   24.790   64.715  0.59628  1.0      ----- 
Pingre      1580 Nov. 29.073 (UT)   90.101   24.934   64.912  0.59553  1.0      ----- 
Schjellerup 1580 Nov. 28.993 (UT)   89.367   24.948   64.612  0.60237  1.0      -----

C/1582 J1

Closest to the Earth: 1582 May 8 (0.8346 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Pingre      1582 May 7.167 (UT)    345.682  236.924  118.510  0.225695 1.0      ----- 
Pingre      1582 May 7.846 (UT)    293.219  220.515  120.476  0.040066 1.0      ----- 
d'Arrest    1582 May 6.9107 (UT)   332.991  235.106  119.188  0.168328 1.0      ----- 
Marth       1582 May 6.9132 (UT)   331.895  233.034  118.539  0.16872  1.0      -----
[Calendar converted from Julian to Gregorian-GWK]

C/1585 T1

Closest to the Earth: 1585 October 18 (0.1353 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1585 Oct. 7.306 (UT)   331.519   43.113    6.103  1.09358  1.0      ----- 
LM1844      1585 Oct. 8.5926 (UT)  333.2198  43.4972   4.6054 1.064777 0.643901  5.17 
Hind        1585 Oct. 8.4625 (UT)  332.3122  43.3215   5.4546 1.081050 0.826209 15.51 
PS1849      1585 Oct. 8.5262 (UT)  331.7777  43.1438   6.1346 1.094846 1.0      -----

C/1590 E1

Closest to the Earth: 1590 March 3 (0.2478 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1590 Feb. 8.6563 (UT)  308.612  171.238  150.269  0.57661  1.0      ----- 
Hind        1590 Feb. 8.5271 (UT)  307.671  171.342  150.451  0.567726 1.0      -----

C/1593 O1

Closest to the Earth: 1593 August 27 (0.4523 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Lacaille    1593 Jul. 19.069 (UT)   12.07   169.92    87.91   0.089113 1.0      -----

C/1596 N1

Closest to the Earth: 1596 July 15 (0.5615 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1596 Aug. 11.3299 (UT)  83.902  317.814  124.842  0.51293  1.0      ----- 
Pingre      1596 Aug. 9.1479 (UT)   77.062  321.219  127.881  0.549424 1.0      ----- 
Hind        1596 Jul. 25.7143 (UT)  59.414  335.962  128.080  0.567156 1.0      ----- 
Valz        1596 Jul. 24.112 (UT)   61.23   341.27   127.25   0.56569  1.0      -----

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