• Source: C/1954 O1 (Vozarova)

Comet Vozarova, formally designated C/1954 O1, is a hyperbolic comet discovered by Slovak astronomer, Margita Vozárová, on July 28, 1954.




Discovery and observation


The comet was already on its outbound flight as a magnitude 9.0 object upon discovery, where some observers noticed it also may have potentially fragmented.
By August, the comet was found to have a 20-arcminute long tail pointed towards the Sun. It was last observed from the Lick Observatory as a magnitude 18.5 object on December 18, 1954.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• C/1954 O1 (Vozarova)
• List of hyperbolic comets
• Margita Kresáková
• Astronomical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences