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300P/Catalina

comet
Thing periodic_comet Q3887877

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
periodic comet, Jupiter-family comet, near-Earth object[3][4]
Absolute magnitude
+16.8[11]
Apoapsis
+4.564, +4.56567138149115[18][19]
Argument of periapsis
+222.8657284472129[22]
Discoverer or inventor
Catalina Sky Survey[2]
Epoch
January 4, 2018[25]
Longitude of ascending node
+95.68631700892037[15]
Mean anomaly
+292.8616041140702[24]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.6936, +0.6916262336252571[9][10]
Orbital inclination
+5.7, +5.675931903826226[12][13]
Orbital period
+1619.566495700938[14]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[5]
Periapsis
+0.826, +0.8322957234604451[20][21]
Periapsis date (DEPRECATED)
July 28, 2005[23]
Provisional designation
300P/2014 G2, 300P/2005 JQ5[6][7]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.695, +2.698983552475797[16][17]
Time of discovery or invention
May 6, 2005[8]
Time of periapsis
+2458424.5419348665[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en 300P/Catalina cs 300P/Catalina (2005 JQ5) it P/2005 JQ5 it Cometa P/2005 JQ5 (Catalina) ru Комета P/2005 JQ5 ru Комета P/2005 JQ5 (Catalina) ru Комета Каталина ru Каталина (комета) ru Комета Catalina ru Комета Catalina (P/2005 JQ5)
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122kcr8n
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
1000567
Minor Planet Center body ID
300P

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Instance of 3
near-Earth object, periodic comet, Jupiter-family comet
Discoverer or inventor 1
Catalina Sky Survey
Epoch 1
January 4, 2018
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
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Summary

300P/Catalina is a periodic comet[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . 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). 300P/Catalina. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/300p-catalina
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_300p-catalina_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{300P/Catalina}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/300p-catalina}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-07}}
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  1. 24d ago · ~2026-54707-92 · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1619.566495700938'}
    Instance of → periodic comet, Jupiter-family comet, near-Earth object
    Absolute magnitude → {'amount': '+16.8'}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Minor Planet Center body ID: 300P"
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