Comet Kozik–Peltier, formally designated as C/1939 B1, is a non-periodic comet that became barely visible to the naked eye in February 1939. It is the second comet discovered by Stefan M. Kozik and the sixth overall by Leslie C. Peltier.

Observational history Discovery Stefan M. Kozik first discovered the comet on the night of 17 January 1939, where at the time it was a diffuse 8th-magnitude object within the constellation Cygnus. Sergey Belyavsky later confirmed the existence of Kozik's comet on 19 January, and he later sent an official announcement two days later, but not before Leslie C. Peltier independently discovered it on 20 January 1939. Yrjö Väisälä made additional observations on the same day as Peltier.

Follow-up observations Several observatories later made follow-up observations of the comet throughout the remainder of January 1939. It made its closest approach to Earth at a distance of on 11 February 1939.

It was last seen within the constellation Pictor on 21 April 1939, when Harry Edwin Wood obtained a 15-minute exposure photograph of the comet from the Union Observatory.

See also C/1936 O1 (Kaho–Kozik–Lis)

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