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5D/Brorsen

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5D/Brorsen

Summary

5D/Brorsen is a periodic comet[1]. 5D/Brorsen draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #21 of 183).[2]

Key Facts

  • 5D/Brorsen is credited with the discovery of Theodor Brorsen[3].
  • 5D/Brorsen's image is recorded as 5dbrorsen.jpg[4].
  • 5D/Brorsen's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[5].
  • 5D/Brorsen's instance of is recorded as lost comet[6].
  • 5D/Brorsen's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[7].
  • 5D/Brorsen's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[8].
  • 5D/Brorsen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kiel Observatory[9].
  • 5D/Brorsen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85017216[10].
  • 5D/Brorsen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1879a[12].
  • 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1873e[13].
  • 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1868 I[14].
  • 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 5D/1857 F1[15].
  • 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1857 II[16].
  • 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 5D/1846 D2[17].
  • 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1846 III[18].
  • 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1873 VI[19].
  • 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1879 I[20].
  • 5D/Brorsen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1846-02-26T00:00:00Z[21].
  • 5D/Brorsen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/090n1m[22].
  • 5D/Brorsen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000505[23].
  • 5D/Brorsen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.809796'}[24].
  • 5D/Brorsen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.3'}[25].
  • 5D/Brorsen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.3821'}[26].
  • 5D/Brorsen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1994.7019872043'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

5D/Brorsen is credited with the discovery of Theodor Brorsen[3].

Why It Matters

5D/Brorsen draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #21 of 183).[2] 5D/Brorsen has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] 5D/Brorsen is known by 9 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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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