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2I/Borisov

interstellar comet passing through the Solar System, discovered in August 2019
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2I/Borisov

Summary

2I/Borisov is an interstellar comet[1]. 2I/Borisov has Wikipedia articles in 40 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 2I/Borisov is credited with the discovery of Gennadij Borisov[3].
  • 2I/Borisov's image is recorded as Comet-2IBorisov-HubbleST-20191016 (cropped).png[4].
  • 2I/Borisov's instance of is recorded as interstellar comet[5].
  • 2I/Borisov's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mobil Astronomical Robotics Genon Observatory[6].
  • Gennadij Borisov is named after 2I/Borisov[7].
  • 2I/Borisov's follows is recorded as Q42313338[8].
  • 2I/Borisov's followed by is recorded as Q135193382[9].
  • 2I/Borisov's Commons category is recorded as 2I/Borisov[10].
  • 2I/Borisov's provisional designation is recorded as C/2019 Q4[11].
  • 2I/Borisov's orbit diagram is recorded as Gb00234c.jpg[12].
  • 2I/Borisov's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2019-08-30T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 2I/Borisov's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003639[14].
  • 2I/Borisov's discovery method is recorded as direct imaging[15].
  • 2I/Borisov's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3.356215101434632'}[16].
  • 2I/Borisov's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}[17].
  • 2I/Borisov's different from is recorded as 2I[18].
  • 2I/Borisov's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+44.05257068647377'}[19].
  • 2I/Borisov's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3421309', 'amount': '+0.000062'}[20].
  • 2I/Borisov's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+308.1487262895379'}[21].
  • 2I/Borisov's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '-0.8516123560275226'}[22].
  • 2I/Borisov's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.006581893840375'}[23].
  • 2I/Borisov's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+209.12367864'}[24].
  • 2I/Borisov's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+296.5442557294122'}[25].
  • 2I/Borisov's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h_79r5yh[26].
  • 2I/Borisov's NE.se ID is recorded as borisovs-komet[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

2I/Borisov is credited with the discovery of Gennadij Borisov[3].

Why It Matters

2I/Borisov has Wikipedia articles in 40 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . skyandtelescope.org. skyandtelescope.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . The Nucleus of Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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