C/1898 L1 (Coddington–Pauly)
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Discovery photograph of Comet Coddington–Pauly (arrows) taken by Edwin F. Coddington from the Lick Observatory on 10 June 1898. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Edwin F. Coddington Wolfgang Pauly |
| Discovery site | Lick Observatory, California Bucharest, Romania |
| Discovery date | 10–14 June 1898 |
| Designations | |
| 1898c 1898 VII | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 12 August 1898 (JD 2414513.5) |
| Observation arc | 541 days (1.48 years) |
| Number of observations | 130 |
| Perihelion | 1.702 AU |
| Eccentricity | 1.00098 |
| Max. orbital speed | 32.3 km/s |
| Inclination | 69.935° |
| 75.408° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 233.27° |
| Last perihelion | 14 September 1898 |
| Earth MOID | 0.948 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.252 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 5.0 |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 7.7 |
| 9.0 (1898 apparition) | |
Comet Coddington–Pauly, formally designated as C/1898 L1, is a hyperbolic comet that was visible through telescopes between 1898 and 1899. It is the second comet ever discovered through photography (after 206P/Barnard–Boattini), and the only comet discovered by astronomers Edwin Foster Coddington and Wolfgang Pauly, respectively.