C/1913 Y1 (Delavan) Explained

C/1913 Y1 (Delavan)
Discoverer:Pablo T. Delavan
Discovery Site:La Plata Observatory
Discovery Date:18 December 1913
Designations:1913f
1914 V
Epoch:15 March 1914 (JD 2420206.5)
Observation Arc:628 days (1.72 years)
Obs:1006
Perihelion:1.1044 AU
Eccentricity:1.00014
Inclination:68.043°
Asc Node:60.397°
Arg Peri:287.436°
Earth Moid:0.63832 AU
Jupiter Moid:1.64685 AU
M1:4.8
Last P:26 October 1914

Comet Delavan, formally designated as C/1913 Y1, is a hyperbolic comet discovered by astronomer Pablo T. Delavan on December 18, 1913, from the La Plata Observatory in Argentina.

The comet was last seen on September 19, 1915. It is one of 19 comets used in the original sample by Jan Oort for his hypothesis regarding the origin of long-period comets in 1950.