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46P/Wirtanen

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46P/Wirtanen

Summary

46P/Wirtanen is a periodic comet[1]. 46P/Wirtanen ranks in the top 6% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 46P/Wirtanen is credited with the discovery of Carl A. Wirtanen[3].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's image is recorded as Comet 46P Wirtanen on 12 December 2018 (cropped).png[4].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[5].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[6].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[7].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's Commons category is recorded as 46P/Wirtanen[8].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 XVI[10].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 VI[11].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1974i[12].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1967k[13].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1960m[14].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 46P/1954 R2[15].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1954j[16].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 46P/1948 A1[17].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 XIII[18].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 XI[19].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1967 XIV[20].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 XI[21].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1948b[22].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1985q[23].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1961 IV[24].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's provisional designation is recorded as 1991s[25].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1948-01-15T00:00:00Z[26].
  • 46P/Wirtanen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02fln_[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

46P/Wirtanen is credited with the discovery of Carl A. Wirtanen[3].

Why It Matters

46P/Wirtanen ranks in the top 6% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2] 46P/Wirtanen has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] 46P/Wirtanen is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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