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164P/Christensen

Summary

164P/Christensen is a periodic comet[1]. 164P/Christensen has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 164P/Christensen is credited with the discovery of Eric J. Christensen[3].
  • 164P/Christensen's image is recorded as 164P 2018-11-04 image ZTF-sso-572-zg-size-6.4arcmin.png[4].
  • 164P/Christensen's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[5].
  • 164P/Christensen's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[6].
  • 164P/Christensen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • 164P/Christensen's provisional designation is recorded as 164P/2004 Y1[8].
  • 164P/Christensen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2004-12-21T00:00:00Z[9].
  • 164P/Christensen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bmq_x[10].
  • 164P/Christensen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000535[11].
  • 164P/Christensen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5402860343298719'}[12].
  • 164P/Christensen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}[13].
  • 164P/Christensen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.26201829366678'}[14].
  • 164P/Christensen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2555.011287392106'}[15].
  • 164P/Christensen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+88.30743483611026'}[16].
  • 164P/Christensen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.657600466772892'}[17].
  • 164P/Christensen's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.633750918128706'}[18].
  • 164P/Christensen's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.681450015417078'}[19].
  • 164P/Christensen's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+326.0039134537305'}[20].
  • 164P/Christensen's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+181.4926066349798'}[21].
  • 164P/Christensen's epoch is recorded as December 11, 2014[22].
  • 164P/Christensen's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2458269.4122359185'}[23].

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Works and Contributions

164P/Christensen is credited with the discovery of Eric J. Christensen[3].

Why It Matters

164P/Christensen has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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