C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)

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Summary

C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier) is a hyperbolic comet[1].

Key Facts

  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier) is credited with the discovery of Leslie Peltier[2].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier) is credited with the discovery of Ľubor Kresák[3].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[4].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[5].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1954-06-26T00:00:00Z[6].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001087[7].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1.000226169430101'}[8].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+88.53955010387051'}[9].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+75.56645192789053'}[10].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '-3300.044138038741'}[11].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7463691020080301'}[12].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+254.728143876066'}[13].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-0.0001386423066328673'}[14].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122h6zft[15].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s epoch is recorded as August 3, 1954[16].
  • C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2434984.1668258207'}[17].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Leslie Peltier[2], an astronomer[18], 1900–1980[19], of United States[20] and Ľubor Kresák[3], an astronomer[21], 1927–1994[22], of Czechoslovakia[23], awarded the Ľudovít Štúr Order 1st class[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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