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C/1881 K1

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C/1881 K1

Summary

C/1881 K1 is a non-periodic comet[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #27 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/1881 K1 is credited with the discovery of John Tebbutt[3].
  • C/1881 K1's image is recorded as Trouvelot - The great comet of 1881 - 1881.jpg[4].
  • C/1881 K1's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[5].
  • C/1881 K1's Commons category is recorded as C/1881 K1[6].
  • C/1881 K1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • C/1881 K1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1881-05-22T00:00:00Z[8].
  • C/1881 K1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0121_lnl[9].
  • C/1881 K1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000877[10].
  • C/1881 K1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9960689692549698'}[11].
  • C/1881 K1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+63.42743664154463'}[12].
  • C/1881 K1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+932966.7523298108'}[13].
  • C/1881 K1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+272.6308507943245'}[14].
  • C/1881 K1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+186.8580562769482'}[15].
  • C/1881 K1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+372.9815677897151'}[16].
  • C/1881 K1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7345447641812679'}[17].
  • C/1881 K1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+354.23530147'}[18].
  • C/1881 K1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.02471839633011703'}[19].
  • C/1881 K1's epoch is recorded as August 20, 1881[20].
  • C/1881 K1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2408248.4404390366'}[21].

Body

Works and Contributions

C/1881 K1 is credited with the discovery of John Tebbutt[3].

Why It Matters

C/1881 K1 draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #27 of 92).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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