287P/Christensen

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287P/Christensen

Summary

287P/Christensen is a periodic comet[1].

Key Facts

  • 287P/Christensen is credited with the discovery of Eric J. Christensen[2].
  • 287P/Christensen's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[3].
  • 287P/Christensen's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[4].
  • 287P/Christensen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[5].
  • 287P/Christensen's provisional designation is recorded as 287P/2013 L1[6].
  • 287P/Christensen's provisional designation is recorded as 287P/2006 R2[7].
  • 287P/Christensen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1002414[8].
  • 287P/Christensen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.269154375905526'}[9].
  • 287P/Christensen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.2'}[10].
  • 287P/Christensen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+16.30179434493295'}[11].
  • 287P/Christensen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+3120.058918566036'}[12].
  • 287P/Christensen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+139.0574485798948'}[13].
  • 287P/Christensen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.178716541188126'}[14].
  • 287P/Christensen's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.303436383917714'}[15].
  • 287P/Christensen's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.053996698458538'}[16].
  • 287P/Christensen's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+189.0437538205966'}[17].
  • 287P/Christensen's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+19.5881583187132'}[18].
  • 287P/Christensen's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11cmg4qnfl[19].
  • 287P/Christensen's epoch is recorded as June 16, 2015[20].
  • 287P/Christensen's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2457019.732755387'}[21].

Body

Works and Contributions

287P/Christensen is credited with the discovery of Eric J. Christensen[2].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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 . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . 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). 287P/Christensen. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/287p-christensen
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_287p-christensen_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{287P/Christensen}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/287p-christensen}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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