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245P/WISE

Summary

245P/WISE is a periodic comet[1]. 245P/WISE has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 245P/WISE is credited with the discovery of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer[3].
  • 245P/WISE's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[4].
  • 245P/WISE's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[5].
  • 245P/WISE's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • 245P/WISE's provisional designation is recorded as 245P/2010 L1[7].
  • 245P/WISE's provisional designation is recorded as 245P/2002 Q16[8].
  • 245P/WISE's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2010-06-02T00:00:00Z[9].
  • 245P/WISE's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003095[10].
  • 245P/WISE's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4661482477625526'}[11].
  • 245P/WISE's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.4'}[12].
  • 245P/WISE's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.08783946026243'}[13].
  • 245P/WISE's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2930.32049317155'}[14].
  • 245P/WISE's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+318.5272055307978'}[15].
  • 245P/WISE's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.007539364720247'}[16].
  • 245P/WISE's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.875646817424045'}[17].
  • 245P/WISE's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.139431912016451'}[18].
  • 245P/WISE's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+316.399918621966'}[19].
  • 245P/WISE's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+337.4517998228177'}[20].
  • 245P/WISE's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121vl7v3[21].
  • 245P/WISE's epoch is recorded as August 5, 2009[22].
  • 245P/WISE's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2455232.0373696205'}[23].

Body

Works and Contributions

245P/WISE is credited with the discovery of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer[3].

Why It Matters

245P/WISE has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] 245P/WISE is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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.
  19. [21] ↑ . 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.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). 245P/WISE. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/245p-wise
MLA “245P/WISE.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/245p-wise.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_245p-wise_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{245P/WISE}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/245p-wise}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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