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C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)

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C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)

Summary

C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) is a non-periodic comet[1]. C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) is credited with the discovery of Kaoru Ikeya[3].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s image is recorded as Comet Ikeya 1963a by R. Burnham, Jr.jpg[4].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[5].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1963-01-02T00:00:00Z[6].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001115[7].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9933842474710545'}[8].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+160.6488370387985'}[9].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+341153.0273112777'}[10].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+53.21949878670794'}[11].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+95.55069898115205'}[12].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+190.4692581838771'}[13].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.6321397784270697'}[14].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+336.3025780327926'}[15].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.03748763339004105'}[16].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/155pltmk[17].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s epoch is recorded as April 26, 1963[18].
  • C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2438109.974945506'}[19].

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Works and Contributions

C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) is credited with the discovery of Kaoru Ikeya[3].

Why It Matters

C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 92).[2] C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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