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259P/Garradd

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259P/Garradd

Summary

259P/Garradd is a periodic comet[1]. 259P/Garradd draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 183).[2]

Key Facts

  • 259P/Garradd is credited with the discovery of Gordon J. Garradd[3].
  • 259P/Garradd's image is recorded as Comet 259P Garradd - Psjabe59df2 hr.jpg[4].
  • 259P/Garradd's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[5].
  • 259P/Garradd's instance of is recorded as Encke-type comet[6].
  • 259P/Garradd's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • 259P/Garradd's provisional designation is recorded as 259P/2008 R1[8].
  • 259P/Garradd's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-09-02T00:00:00Z[9].
  • 259P/Garradd's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1002991[10].
  • 259P/Garradd's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.34152970302507'}[11].
  • 259P/Garradd's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}[12].
  • 259P/Garradd's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.89853730255651'}[13].
  • 259P/Garradd's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1645.248329498213'}[14].
  • 259P/Garradd's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+51.9696957134415'}[15].
  • 259P/Garradd's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.727440935461766'}[16].
  • 259P/Garradd's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.658943028168442'}[17].
  • 259P/Garradd's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.79593884275509'}[18].
  • 259P/Garradd's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+256.5909059738796'}[19].
  • 259P/Garradd's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+206.9965918832171'}[20].
  • 259P/Garradd's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11r80svhs[21].
  • 259P/Garradd's epoch is recorded as February 26, 2011[22].
  • 259P/Garradd's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456317.746115588'}[23].

Body

Works and Contributions

259P/Garradd is credited with the discovery of Gordon J. Garradd[3].

Why It Matters

259P/Garradd draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 183).[2]

References

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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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_259p-garradd_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{259P/Garradd}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/259p-garradd}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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