C/1921 H1 (Dubiago)

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C/1921 H1 (Dubiago)
Discovery
Discovered byAlexander Dubyago
Discovery siteKazan Observatory
Discovery date24 April 1921
Designations
1921c
1921 I
Orbital characteristics
Epoch21 May 1921 (JD 2422830.5)
Observation arc40 days
Number of
observations
27
Aphelion33.088 AU
Perihelion1.1161 AU
Semi-major axis17.102 AU
Eccentricity0.93474
Orbital period70.73 years
Inclination22.345°
67.127°
Argument of
periapsis
97.481°
Last perihelion5 May 1921
(last observation)
9 August 1982
(calculated)
Next perihelion25 June 2041
TJupiter1.496
Earth MOID0.384 AU
Jupiter MOID0.817 AU
Physical characteristics
10.5
(1921 apparition)

Dubiago's Comet, formally known as C/1921 H1 by its modern nomenclature, is a faint Halley-type comet that completes an orbit around the Sun once every 61–79 years. It was predicted to return in 1982, but it was not observed. It will next return to the inner Solar System by 2041.