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281P/MOSS

Summary

281P/MOSS is a periodic comet[1].

Key Facts

  • 281P/MOSS is credited with the discovery of Cadi Ayyad University[2].
  • 281P/MOSS's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[3].
  • 281P/MOSS's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[4].
  • 281P/MOSS's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[5].
  • 281P/MOSS's provisional designation is recorded as 281P/2013 CE31[6].
  • 281P/MOSS's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003234[7].
  • 281P/MOSS's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1734086059029401'}[8].
  • 281P/MOSS's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}[9].
  • 281P/MOSS's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.723193372181007'}[10].
  • 281P/MOSS's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3909.109013331541'}[11].
  • 281P/MOSS's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+87.16962880323419'}[12].
  • 281P/MOSS's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.85645724793461'}[13].
  • 281P/MOSS's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.69860872892618'}[14].
  • 281P/MOSS's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.014305766943041'}[15].
  • 281P/MOSS's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.42456424019419'}[16].
  • 281P/MOSS's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+334.0804069441302'}[17].
  • 281P/MOSS's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12qhkykyh[18].
  • 281P/MOSS's epoch is recorded as August 5, 2011[19].
  • 281P/MOSS's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456059.9514301014'}[20].

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Works and Contributions

281P/MOSS is credited with the discovery of Cadi Ayyad University[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). 281P/MOSS. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/281p-moss
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_281p-moss_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{281P/MOSS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/281p-moss}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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