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C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)

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Summary

C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney) is a hyperbolic comet[1].

Key Facts

  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney) is credited with the discovery of Alain Maury[2].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney) is credited with the discovery of Jeffrey L. Phinney[3].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[4].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-02-15T00:00:00Z[5].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001224[6].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1.00000052935711'}[7].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+93.15868283813296'}[8].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+147.5199272853799'}[9].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '-3647207.47036457'}[10].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.930675205805696'}[11].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+346.8394848945424'}[12].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.00000001134992454912607'}[13].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f0_dnqsj[14].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Comet", "CometC1988C1MauryPhinney"][15].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s epoch is recorded as March 16, 1988[16].
  • C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2447156.2897991776'}[17].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Alain Maury[2], an astronomer[18], b. 1958[19], of France[20], specialised in astronomy[21] and Jeffrey L. Phinney[3], an astronomer[22], b. 1957[23], of United States[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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . 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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