C/1957 U1 (Latyshev–Wild–Burnham)
The comet on 20 October 1957 by Heidelberg Observatory | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Ivan N. Latyshev Paul Wild Robert Burnham Jr. |
| Discovery site | Askhabad, USSR Bern, Switzerland Arizona, USA |
| Discovery date | 16–19 October 1957 |
| Designations | |
| 1957f 1957 IX | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 5 December 1957 (JD 2436177.6293) |
| Observation arc | 23 days |
| Earliest precovery date | 2 October 1957 |
| Number of observations | 9 |
| Perihelion | 0.539 AU |
| Eccentricity | ~1.000 |
| Inclination | 156.715° |
| 210.875° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 277.614° |
| Last perihelion | 5 December 1957 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 10.6 |
| 6.0 (1957 apparition) | |
Comet Latyshev–Wild–Burnham, also known as C/1957 U1, is a faint parabolic comet that was observed during the third week of October 1957. It was the first comet discovered by American astronomer Robert Burnham Jr., which he co-discovered alongside Turkmen astronomer, Ivan N. Latyshev, and Swiss astronomer, Paul Wild.