| Proper Names | Kohoutek | | Designation | C/1973 E1 | | Orbital inclination to the Ecliptic | 14.30° | | Orbital Period | c. 75,000 years | | Distance from the Sun | Semi-Major Axis: 7,500,000,000,000 km (50,000 AU)
Perihelion: 21,000,000 km (0.14 AU)
Aphelion: 15,000,000,000,000 km (99,996 AU) | | Eccentricity | 0.9999 | | Notes | A comet with a highly eccentric orbit that passed close to the Sun in late 1973 and early 1974, at which time it reached a magnitude of -3, appearing bright in the skies of Earth. Its orbit is extreme, and will carry the comet out to a point nearly 100,000 AU from the Sun before it returns in an estimated 75,000 years' time. |
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