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427P/ATLAS

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427P/ATLAS

Summary

427P/ATLAS is a periodic comet[1].

Key Facts

  • 427P/ATLAS is credited with the discovery of Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System[2].
  • 427P/ATLAS's image is recorded as Shape-Shifting Asteroid with a Comet-like Tail - Noaoann19003a.jpg[3].
  • 427P/ATLAS's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[4].
  • 427P/ATLAS's instance of is recorded as Encke-type comet[5].
  • 427P/ATLAS's instance of is recorded as comet[6].
  • 427P/ATLAS's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • 427P/ATLAS's provisional designation is recorded as 427P/2021 L6[8].
  • 427P/ATLAS's provisional designation is recorded as 427P/2017 S5[9].
  • 427P/ATLAS's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2017-09-11T00:00:00Z[10].
  • 427P/ATLAS's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003534[11].
  • 427P/ATLAS's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.3130449821713865'}[12].
  • 427P/ATLAS's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.7'}[13].
  • 427P/ATLAS's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.84937247697186'}[14].
  • 427P/ATLAS's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2062.337914173964'}[15].
  • 427P/ATLAS's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+252.391000533185'}[16].
  • 427P/ATLAS's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.170839546552189'}[17].
  • 427P/ATLAS's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.163454955870947'}[18].
  • 427P/ATLAS's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.178224137233432'}[19].
  • 427P/ATLAS's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+99.94433659440091'}[20].
  • 427P/ATLAS's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.59381385116377'}[21].
  • 427P/ATLAS's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fhvxj2h6[22].
  • 427P/ATLAS's epoch is recorded as November 23, 2017[23].
  • 427P/ATLAS's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2457962.5238802703'}[24].

Body

Works and Contributions

427P/ATLAS is credited with the discovery of Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System[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. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . 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.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . 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). 427P/ATLAS. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/427p-atlas
MLA “427P/ATLAS.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/427p-atlas.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_427p-atlas_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{427P/ATLAS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/427p-atlas}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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