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266P/Christensen

Summary

266P/Christensen is a periodic comet[1]. 266P/Christensen draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #27 of 183).[2]

Key Facts

  • 266P/Christensen is credited with the discovery of Eric J. Christensen[3].
  • 266P/Christensen's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[4].
  • 266P/Christensen's instance of is recorded as Encke-type comet[5].
  • 266P/Christensen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • 266P/Christensen's provisional designation is recorded as 266P/2012 P1[7].
  • 266P/Christensen's provisional designation is recorded as 266P/2006 U5[8].
  • 266P/Christensen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-10-27T00:00:00Z[9].
  • 266P/Christensen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1002425[10].
  • 266P/Christensen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3396456148119091'}[11].
  • 266P/Christensen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.0'}[12].
  • 266P/Christensen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.427132554623115'}[13].
  • 266P/Christensen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2424.487377898156'}[14].
  • 266P/Christensen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.00362962736593'}[15].
  • 266P/Christensen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.531948266738769'}[16].
  • 266P/Christensen's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.731559007279115'}[17].
  • 266P/Christensen's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.332337526198423'}[18].
  • 266P/Christensen's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+98.00968589465538'}[19].
  • 266P/Christensen's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+207.38078120853'}[20].
  • 266P/Christensen's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11cmg5ljp3[21].
  • 266P/Christensen's epoch is recorded as June 27, 2017[22].
  • 266P/Christensen's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2458959.3426932907'}[23].

Body

Works and Contributions

266P/Christensen is credited with the discovery of Eric J. Christensen[3].

Why It Matters

266P/Christensen draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #27 of 183).[2]

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). 266P/Christensen. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/266p-christensen
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_266p-christensen_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{266P/Christensen}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/266p-christensen}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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