262P/McNaught–Russell

Summary

262P/McNaught–Russell is a periodic comet^[1]. 262P/McNaught–Russell draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 262P/McNaught–Russell is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[4].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[5].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's provisional designation is recorded as 262P/2012 K7^[8].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's provisional designation is recorded as 262P/1994 X1^[9].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's provisional designation is recorded as 1994u^[10].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 XXIV^[11].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-12-12T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000154^[13].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8154009345750882'}^[14].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[15].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.07941848690008'}^[16].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+6671.158323904247'}^[17].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+218.0143063768048'}^[18].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+6.935352620871021'}^[19].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+12.59044562953704'}^[20].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.280259612205003'}^[21].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+171.1697623683127'}^[22].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+341.3037787962146'}^[23].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/124xvy7wr^[24].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's epoch is recorded as December 24, 2011^[25].
• 262P/McNaught–Russell's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456265.959588081'}^[26].

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Works and Contributions

262P/McNaught–Russell is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].

Why It Matters

262P/McNaught–Russell draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 183).^[2]