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After reading a comment on Facebook, I'm wondering how likely it is that there could exist smaller fragments of this comet, that would have been unobservable in the 18th century or before, but that

Qicheng, This is the 2097 orbit, "linked" to 1402 with a fixed perihelion date for 1402 which gave the best agreement with the other apparitions. Orbital elements: C/1743 X1 Perihelion 2097 Dec

Finbarr, hmm, you are right. The dates were later added by the editors, prior the final proof. I did not check these. Maik -- "One cannot discover comets lying in bed." * Lewis Swift

Very interesting! Do you know what the uncertainty on its angular elements looks like? For multi-apparition objects observed only near perihelion, the positional uncertainty is generally dominated by

Very interesting indeed. One quick note re William Edward Plummer; his dates are 1849-1928. Finbarr.

Sam, all, many thanks to all for the congrats. It was quite an experience and fun to do this paper. Maybe I am mistaken but from table 3 you see that the predicted perihelion date in 2097 varies by

Hi Maik, A very excellent paper from you both! In terms of validation prospects, we certainly don't have to wait until 2097 at least to confirm its existence. No comment is given in the paper on its

Great work, congratulations! Assuming a realistic extrapolation, I'm wondering how long before perihelion we should be able to recover such a bright comet with modern instruments. Adrien

Wow, that’s a very interesting paper. If that prediction is correct, I’m probably going to see it, and what a Great Comet. We’re also certainly going to see others bright comet in the years to

Hi Maik and Gary, Congratulations with the publication of this monumental work about the history of C/1743 X1. It was a real pleasure to read! To bad it will not return before 2097. A return 70 years

Hi Maik, I don't know whether it is the comet of the century or pipe dream, in any case a great work of historical research! Congratulations to both of you. Piero Sicoli

Hello all, I am happy and proud, after many years of on-and-off work on this topic, to present my newest paper, with Gary W. Kronk as my co-author. "THE GREAT COMET C/1743 X1: POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION

Actually, I think it’s a 2:3 resonance with Jupiter (i.e., two orbits for every three Jupiter orbits). Dear Adrien, all, I didn’t examine this quite as thoroughly, but I also noted the 3:2

Dear Adrien, all, I didn’t examine this quite as thoroughly, but I also noted the 3:2 resonance with Jupiter. The object apparently hasn’t approached to within 2 AU of either Jupiter or Saturn

I'm noting that this object seems to be in 3:2 (outer) resonance with Jupiter for thousands of years at least. I haven't seen this point noted here before, so it's certainly something worth

Hello everyone, on the evening of April 26th an attempt was made to capture what remains of the comet. The shooting conditions were extreme: object very low on the horizon (h = < 4°) passing clouds,

Hi All. According to the last SWAN images to April 24 the comet 25F2 (or its remnants) is still visible on the level of +11...12m based on UV visibility. Animation is attached here. Vladimir.

Hi Alan, I've been trying to get up at an early enough time to catch it, but no such luck of late. I will keep you updated if my sleep schedule ever cooperates with the chilean evening. Thank you for

Dear all, I’m attaching my most recent, and probably best, image of (308607) 2005 WY3, taken last night (April 25.71 UT) with 1.0-m telescope at LCO-SAAO. 400-s exposure, approximate field

MPEC has been released, but certainly with this object, cannot tell the tail is there unless using Subaru. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P2017FL36_20170401.png