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261P/Larson

Summary

261P/Larson is a periodic comet[1].

Key Facts

  • 261P/Larson is credited with the discovery of Stephen M. Larson[2].
  • 261P/Larson's image is recorded as 261P 2019-08-02 image ZTF-sso-1601-zg-fov-5.6arcmin.png[3].
  • 261P/Larson's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[4].
  • 261P/Larson's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[5].
  • 261P/Larson's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • 261P/Larson's provisional designation is recorded as 261P/2012 K4[7].
  • 261P/Larson's provisional designation is recorded as 261P/2005 N3[8].
  • 261P/Larson's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2005-06-07T00:00:00Z[9].
  • 261P/Larson's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001652[10].
  • 261P/Larson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3918769065465186'}[11].
  • 261P/Larson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.4'}[12].
  • 261P/Larson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.336546274678119'}[13].
  • 261P/Larson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2486.194892382825'}[14].
  • 261P/Larson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+298.4257315746451'}[15].
  • 261P/Larson's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.59162645685507'}[16].
  • 261P/Larson's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.999101922238068'}[17].
  • 261P/Larson's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.184150991472072'}[18].
  • 261P/Larson's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+58.97020034635978'}[19].
  • 261P/Larson's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+72.09552658488178'}[20].
  • 261P/Larson's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/124xvbw3w[21].
  • 261P/Larson's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 261P[22].
  • 261P/Larson's epoch is recorded as February 10, 2014[23].
  • 261P/Larson's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456200.6013056696'}[24].

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Works and Contributions

261P/Larson is credited with the discovery of Stephen M. Larson[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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