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220P/McNaught

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220P/McNaught

Summary

220P/McNaught is a Jupiter-family comet[1]. 220P/McNaught is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • 220P/McNaught is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught[3].
  • 220P/McNaught's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[4].
  • 220P/McNaught's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[5].
  • 220P/McNaught's provisional designation is recorded as 220P/2009 H2[6].
  • 220P/McNaught's provisional designation is recorded as 220P/2004 K2[7].
  • 220P/McNaught's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 20, 2004[8].
  • 220P/McNaught's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.502182267793508'}[9].
  • 220P/McNaught's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.8'}[10].
  • 220P/McNaught's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.131611252743498'}[11].
  • 220P/McNaught's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2006.260283531607'}[12].
  • 220P/McNaught's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+150.1226412622907'}[13].
  • 220P/McNaught's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.113096376611285'}[14].
  • 220P/McNaught's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.676438178245628'}[15].
  • 220P/McNaught's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.549754578344877'}[16].
  • 220P/McNaught's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+180.7548188086088'}[17].
  • 220P/McNaught's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+116.4121469355137'}[18].
  • 220P/McNaught's epoch is recorded as September 25, 2011[19].
  • 220P/McNaught's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2455180.7414927008'}[20].

Body

Definition and Type

220P/McNaught's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[4].

Why It Matters

220P/McNaught is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 23d ago · C messier · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Comet 220P.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Comet 220P.png"
  2. 12w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2455180.7414927008'}
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.131611252743498'}
    Instance of → Jupiter-family comet
    Absolute magnitude → {'amount': '+15.8'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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