C/1702 H1 (also known as "the comet of 1702") is a comet discovered by Francesco Bianchini, Giacomo Filippo Maraldi and Maria Margaretha Winckelmann Kirch on April 20, 1702. It is the 10th-closest comet approach in history, missing Earth by a distance of 0.0437 AU (6,537,000 km).
1702 apparition[]
Bianchini and Maraldi discovered the comet in the morning sky on April 20, 1702. The comet was a short distance above the horizon and was said to resemble a "nebulous star".
independent discovery was made by Maria Margarethe Winkelmann Kirch (Berlin, Germany on April 21, 1702 and by Philippe de la Hire (Paris, France) on April 24.