C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)

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Summary

C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes) is a non-periodic comet[1].

Key Facts

  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes) is credited with the discovery of Alexander F. I. Forbes[2].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes) is credited with the discovery of George Frederick Dodwell[3].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s image is recorded as Comet Dodwell-Forbes (1932 n).jpg[4].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[5].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1932-12-15T00:00:00Z[6].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001023[7].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.9721601688118112'}[8].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.1'}[9].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+24.50246046133467'}[10].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+94548.99229347456'}[11].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+78.58915239601802'}[12].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+40.6167950686096'}[13].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+80.10282541910387'}[14].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.13076471811535'}[15].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+327.3572730227572'}[16].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.07795715912314197'}[17].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1s066xf6x[18].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s epoch is recorded as January 20, 1933[19].
  • C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2427072.0256365635'}[20].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Alexander F. I. Forbes[2], an astronomer[21], 1871–1959[22], of South Africa[23], specialised in astronomy[24] and George Frederick Dodwell[3], an astronomer[25], 1879–1963[26], of Australia[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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