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17th Century Comet Orbits

1P/1607 S1 (Halley)

Closest to the Earth: 1607 October 29 (0.2450 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1607 Oct. 26.6597 (UT) 108.24    55.97   162.99   0.5868   1.0      ----- 
Halley      1607 Oct. 27.4060 (UT) 106.90    53.42   162.69   0.58507  0.967391 76.00 
Bessel      1607 Oct. 27.2100 (UT) 107.1864  54.2884 162.8222 0.587974 0.967089 75.52 
Lehmann     1607 Oct. 27.4775 (UT) 107.6010  53.8499 162.9225 0.584175 0.967454 76.05 
Kiang       1607 Oct. 27.56 (UT)   107.5740  53.7945 162.9044 0.582984 0.967537 76.10 
Chang       1607 Sep. 27           107.234   53.584  162.907  0.57975  0.96745  75.17 
YK1981      1607 Oct. 27.5406 (ET) 107.5504  53.7699 162.9054 0.583615 0.967490 76.06 
Landgraf    1607 Oct. 27.5202 (ET) 107.5476  53.7694 162.9009 0.583651 0.967504 76.12 
Sitarski    1607 Oct. 24.9954 (ET) 107.5547  53.7803 162.9255 0.583435 0.967515 76.11

C/1618 Q1

Closest to the Earth: 1618 August 19 (0.5162 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Pingre      1618 Aug. 17.627 (UT)   24.80   298.84    21.49   0.512979 1.0      -----

C/1618 V1

Closest to the Earth: 1618 November 18 (0.1707 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Landgraf    1618 Oct. 27.9 (UT)    155.9    229.5      8.4    0.744    1.0      -----

C/1618 W1

Closest to the Earth: 1618 December 6 (0.3580 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1618 Oct. 29.5160      286.298   81.271   37.571  0.37975  1.0      ----- 
Bessel      1618 Nov. 8.8507 (UT)  287.4355  81.0013  37.1962 0.389544 1.0      -----

1625 _

Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Crommelin   1625 Jan. 31.1 (UT)    196.35   253.18    28.98   0.7391   0.9183   27.21

C/1639 U1

Closest to the Earth: 1639 October 26 (0.0828 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Landgraf    1639 Nov. 29.4 (UT)    237.4    219.7     61.7    0.816    1.0      -----

C/1652 Y1

Closest to the Earth: 1652 December 19 (0.1278 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1652 Nov. 13.153 (UT)  300.19    93.00    79.46   0.84750  1.0      -----

C/1661 C1

Closest to the Earth: 1661 January 29 (0.6062 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1661 Jan. 27.4868 (UT)  33.552   87.169   32.596  0.448510 1.0      ----- 
Mechain     1661 Jan. 27.381 (UT)   33.450   86.562   33.015  0.442722 1.0      -----

C/1664 W1

Closest to the Earth: 1664 December 29 (0.1699 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1664 Dec. 4.993 (UT)   310.664   86.022  158.691  1.025755 1.0      ----- 
Lindelof    1664 Dec. 4.9834 (UT)  310.6748  86.0525 158.6965 1.025531 1.0      -----

C/1665 F1

Closest to the Earth: 1665 April 4 (0.5683 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1665 Apr. 24.719 (UT)  156.09   232.70   103.89   0.10649  1.0      -----

C/1668 E1

Closest to the Earth: 1668 March 4 (0.8011 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Henderson   1668 Feb. 25.282 (UT)  206.680  198.097   27.077  0.251131 1.0      ----- 
Henderson   1668 Mar. 1.3 (UT)      80.26     1.92   144.08   0.0048   1.0      ----- 
Kreutz      1668 Feb. 28.080 (UT)  109.813    3.215  144.381  0.066604 1.0      -----

C/1672 E1

Closest to the Earth: 1672 March 14 (1.0169 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1672 Mar. 1.8590 (UT)  109.449  302.088   83.395  0.69739  1.0      ----- 
Berberich   1672 Mar. 1.9467 (UT)  109.5244 302.6905  82.9716 0.695458 1.0      -----

C/1677 H1

Closest to the Earth: 1677 April 17 (0.5445 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1677 May 6.5263 (UT)    99.162  241.316  100.928  0.280590 1.0      -----

6P/1678 R1 (d'Arrest)

Closest to the Earth: 1678 August 26 (0.1890 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Douwes      1678 Aug. 28.085 (UT)  166.23   166.02     3.03   1.23802  1.0      ----- 
Le Verrier  1678 Aug. 18.8148 (UT) 158.502  166.777    2.545  1.190933 0.612106  5.38 
Le Verrier  1678 Aug. 18.8148 (UT) 159.577  167.702    2.825  1.145297 0.626970  5.38 
CV1991      1678 Aug. 23.395 (UT)  159.389  169.625    2.805  1.16285  0.67008   6.62 
Si1991      1678 Aug. 23.444 (UT)  159.578  169.496    2.821  1.16277  0.67001   6.61

C/1680 V1

Closest to the Earth: 1681 January 4 (0.4895 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Newton      1680 Dec. 18.5025 (UT) 351.32   276.36    61.35   0.005920 1.0      ----- 
Halley      1680 Dec. 18.5042 (UT) 350.578  276.509   60.941  0.006125 1.0      ----- 
Halley      1680 Dec. 18.4646 (UT) 350.660  276.509   61.121  0.006175 0.999911   575
Euler       1680 Dec. 18.3602 (UT) 350.4130 277.4631  58.6724 0.006565 0.999787   171 
Pingre      1680 Dec. 18.5007 (UT) 350.6691 276.4284  61.3898 0.006030 0.999990 15865 
Encke       1680 Dec. 18.4935 (UT) 350.6157 276.6346  60.6516 0.006234 1.0      ----- 
Encke       1680 Dec. 18.4904 (UT) 350.6130 276.6335  60.6791 0.006222 0.999985  8814 
Wolfers     1680 Dec. 18.4562 (UT) 350.7622 276.9798  59.5927 0.006805 0.999982  7412

1P/1682 Q1 (Halley)

Closest to the Earth: 1682 August 31 (0.4231 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1682 Sep. 14.8187 (UT) 108.513   55.815  162.087  0.583280 1.0      ----- 
Halley      1682 Sep. 15.3903 (UT) 109.318   55.341  162.321  0.582500 0.967392 75.50 
Bailly      1682 Sep. 15.3032 (UT) 109.034   55.273  162.246  0.582070 1.0      ----- 
Burckhardt  1682 Sep. 15.2335 (UT) 109.342   55.827  162.22   0.582428 0.967676 76.49 
R1830       1682 Sep. 15.3079 (UT) 109.2335  55.5069 162.2745 0.582727 0.967944 77.50 
R1833       1682 Sep. 15.3104 (UT) 109.4332  55.7267 162.2755 0.582882 0.967924 77.46 
R1835       1682 Sep. 15.2951 (UT) 109.3796  55.7291 162.2748 0.582895 0.967920 77.45 
Lehmann     1682 Sep. 15.2770 (UT) 109.3665  55.7155 162.2530 0.582837 0.967932 77.48 
BC1971      1682 Sep. 15.2946 (UT) 109.2170  55.5618 162.2655 0.582487 0.967943 77.45 
Kiang       1682 Sep. 15.270 (UT)  109.2238  55.5712 162.2655 0.582248 0.967952 77.44 
Chang       1682 Sep. 9            108.209   54.543  162.693  0.58481  0.96730  75.63 
YK1981      1682 Sep. 15.2807 (ET) 109.2241  55.5682 162.2689 0.582608 0.967923 77.41 
Landgraf    1682 Sep. 15.2834 (ET) 109.2211  55.5670 162.2645 0.582627 0.967934 77.45 
Yeomans     1682 Sep. 15.2794 (ET) 109.2215  55.5667 162.2649 0.582621 0.967933 77.44 
Sitarski    1682 Sep. 14.4790 (ET) 109.2345  55.5850 162.2866 0.582482 0.967942 77.45

C/1683 O1

Closest to the Earth: 1683 September 3 (0.3175 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1683 Jul. 13.6181 (UT)  87.890  177.800   96.775  0.5602   1.0      ----- 
Clausen     1683 Jul. 13.2259 (UT)  86.7743 177.7206  96.1624 0.553369 0.983247   190 
Plummer     1683 Jul. 13.5907 (UT)  87.8096 177.8354  96.7378 0.559584 1.0      -----

C/1684 N1

Closest to the Earth: 1684 June 27 (0.1741 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1684 Jun. 8.928 (UT)   330.572  272.672   65.816  0.96015  1.0      ----- 
Neugebauer  1684 Jun. 8.763 (UT)   330.300  272.598   65.424  0.95827  1.0      -----

C/1686 R1

Closest to the Earth: 1686 August 16 (0.3164 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1686 Sep. 17.107 (UT)   86.431  352.881   31.361  0.32500  1.0      ----- 
Hind        1686 Sep. 16.3249 (UT)  81.914  358.443   34.969  0.33602  1.0      -----

C/1689 X1

Closest to the Earth: 1689 December 14 (0.7376 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Pingre      1689 Dec. 2.1220 (UT)   59.990  328.076  110.753  0.016889 1.0      ----- 
Peirce      1689 Dec. 2.6403 (UT)   73.02   348.62   149.62   0.0103   1.0      ----- 
Vogel       1689 Nov. 29.700 (UT)  180.79    94.77   120.92   0.0189   1.0      ----- 
Ho1891      1689 Nov. 30.6589 (UT)  78.134  283.754   63.204  0.064430 1.0      -----

C/1695 U1

Closest to the Earth: 1695 November 15 (0.8470 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Burckhardt  1695 Nov. 10.20 (UT)   204      220       22      0.84353  1.0      ----- 
Kreutz      1695 Oct. 23.768 (UT)   59.117  286.018   93.589  0.042297 1.0      -----

C/1698 R1

Closest to the Earth: 1698 September 7 (0.2067 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Halley      1698 Oct. 19.207 (UT)  356.691  271.753  168.238  0.69129  1.0      ----- 
Halley      1698 Oct. 19.207 (UT)  177.076   92.129  168.229  0.69129  1.0      ----- 
Hind        1698 Oct. 17.5149 (UT) 151.38    70.28   169.09   0.72865  1.0      -----

C/1699 D1

Closest to the Earth: 1699 February 18 (0.1758 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Lacaille    1699 Jan. 13.849 (UT)  109.221  325.953  110.701  0.744    1.0      ----- 
Hind        1699 Jan. 13.8998 (UT) 109.524  325.885  109.424  0.748618 1.0      -----

55P/1699 U1 (Tempel-Tuttle)

Closest to the Earth: 1699 October 27 (0.0644 AU)
Computer          T                AOP   AN (2000.0)   i        q       e         P 
Schubart    1699 Oct. 10.9744 (UT) 168.9160 230.7139 162.5567 0.963833 0.908078 33.95 
Yeomans     1699 Oct. 10.9502 (UT) 168.9115 230.7067 162.5537 0.964017 0.908045 33.94

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