112P/Urata–Niijima

Summary

112P/Urata–Niijima is a periodic comet^[1]. 112P/Urata–Niijima draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 112P/Urata–Niijima is credited with the discovery of Takeshi Urata^[3].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima is credited with the discovery of Tsuneo Niijima^[4].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's image is recorded as 112P 2020-01-27 image ZTF-sso-447-zg-size-5.6arcmin.png^[5].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[7].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ojima^[8].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's provisional designation is recorded as 112P/1993 U1^[10].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's provisional designation is recorded as 1993q^[11].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's provisional designation is recorded as 112P/1986 UD^[12].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 XVI^[13].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 XII^[14].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's provisional designation is recorded as 1986o^[15].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-10-30T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02858qm^[17].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000113^[18].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5874927433257943'}^[19].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[20].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.20145291581962'}^[21].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2429.090175865809'}^[22].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+31.9318348258102'}^[23].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.536417034020762'}^[24].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.614036378881689'}^[25].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.458797689159836'}^[26].
• 112P/Urata–Niijima's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.35220190190807'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Takeshi Urata^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1947–2012^[29], of Japan^[30] and Tsuneo Niijima^[4], an amateur astronomer^[31], b. 1955^[32], of Japan^[33].

Why It Matters

112P/Urata–Niijima draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 183).^[2] 112P/Urata–Niijima has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34]