C/1881 K1 (Tebbutt)
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The Great Comet of 1881, chromolithograph by E. L. Trouvelot | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | John Tebbutt |
| Discovery site | Windsor, Australia |
| Discovery date | 22 May 1881 |
| Designations | |
| 1881b 1881 III | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 14 August 1881 (JD 2408306.5) |
| Observation arc | 232 days |
| Number of observations | 157 |
| Aphelion | ~357 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.735 AU |
| Semi-major axis | ~180 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.9959 |
| Orbital period | ~2,395 years |
| Inclination | 63.425° |
| 272.63° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 354.23° |
| Last perihelion | 16 June 1881 |
| TJupiter | 0.504 |
| Earth MOID | 0.279 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 3.020 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.0 (1881 apparition) | |
C/1881 K1, also called the Great Comet of 1881, Comet Tebbutt, 1881 III, and 1881b, is a non-periodic comet discovered by Australian amateur astronomer John Tebbutt on 22 May 1881 at Windsor, New South Wales. It is called a great comet because of its brightness at its last apparition.