C/1831 A1

Great comet of 1831
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C/1831 A1

Summary

C/1831 A1 is a non-periodic comet[1]. It draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #30 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/1831 A1 is credited with the discovery of John Herapath[3].
  • C/1831 A1's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[4].
  • C/1831 A1's instance of is recorded as near-parabolic comet[5].
  • C/1831 A1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • C/1831 A1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1831-01-07T00:00:00Z[7].
  • C/1831 A1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000768[8].
  • C/1831 A1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.0'}[9].
  • C/1831 A1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+135.263'}[10].
  • C/1831 A1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+340.2392'}[11].
  • C/1831 A1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.125887'}[12].
  • C/1831 A1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.8884'}[13].
  • C/1831 A1's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121m2s4x[14].
  • C/1831 A1's epoch is recorded as December 28, 1830[15].
  • C/1831 A1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2389814.6604'}[16].

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Works and Contributions

C/1831 A1 is credited with the discovery of John Herapath[3].

Why It Matters

C/1831 A1 draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #30 of 92).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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