C/1951 C1 (Pajdušáková)
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The comet imaged by George van Biesbroeck from the Yerkes Observatory on 10 February 1951. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Ludmila Pajdušáková |
| Discovery site | Skalnaté pleso Observatory |
| Discovery date | 4 February 1951 |
| Designations | |
| 1951 II, 1951a | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 17 March 1951 (JD 2433722.5) |
| Observation arc | 91 days |
| Number of observations | 17 |
| Perihelion | 0.719 AU |
| Eccentricity | ~1.000 |
| Inclination | 87.897° |
| 311.22° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 68.602° |
| Earth MOID | 0.033 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.010 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.476 km (0.296 mi) |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 9.4 |
| 8.0 (1951 apparition) | |
Comet Pajdušáková, formally designated as C/1951 C1, is a faint non-periodic comet that appeared between February and May 1951. It was the fourth comet discovered overall by the Czech astronomer, Ludmila Pajdušáková, and the first one she had discovered independently.