C/1941 B2 (de Kock–Paraskevopoulos)

C/1941 B2, also known as the de Kock–Paraskevopoulos comet, was a non-periodic comet discovered in 1941. It is named after its discoverers, Reginald Purbrick de Kock and John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos, both astronomers at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The "C/" designation indicates that it is a non-periodic comet (a comet that is not expected to return within a human lifetime, usually with an orbital period exceeding 200 years). "1941" signifies the year of its discovery, "B" represents the second half-month of January (as per the convention of assigning letters to half-months of discovery), and "2" indicates that it was the second comet discovered in that half-month.

Details regarding the comet's orbital parameters and physical characteristics are likely documented in astronomical catalogs and publications from the period following its discovery. While likely a bright comet at the time of its perihelion passage, data about its precise brightness and visibility from various locations are more difficult to ascertain without access to historical observational records.