Great Comet of 371 BC
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The Great Comet of 372–371 BC (sometimes Aristotle's Comet) was a comet that is thought to possibly be the source of the Kreutz sungrazer family.[1][2]
The Great Comet was observed by Aristotle,[3] Ephorus,[4] and Callisthenes.[5] Ephorus reported that it split into two pieces,[4] a larger fragment that is thought to have possibly returned in 1106 AD, as X/1106 C1,[6] and another smaller fragment. While visible from Earth, it was said to have cast shadows at night comparable to a full moon.[3]