C/1999 F1

Summary

C/1999 F1 is a periodic comet^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• C/1999 F1's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[3].
• C/1999 F1's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet^[4].
• C/1999 F1's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Sky Survey^[5].
• C/1999 F1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[6].
• C/1999 F1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-03-23T00:00:00Z^[7].
• C/1999 F1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gh7cck^[8].
• C/1999 F1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000251^[9].
• C/1999 F1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9991295234393676'}^[10].
• C/1999 F1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.9'}^[11].
• C/1999 F1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+92.03538807790534'}^[12].
• C/1999 F1's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+197990851.5273315'}^[13].
• C/1999 F1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.02313274635543'}^[14].
• C/1999 F1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+6648.103892832371'}^[15].
• C/1999 F1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+13290.42076705338'}^[16].
• C/1999 F1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.787018611359847'}^[17].
• C/1999 F1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+255.157503764398'}^[18].
• C/1999 F1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+359.9995188067162'}^[19].
• C/1999 F1's epoch is recorded as May 25, 2001^[20].
• C/1999 F1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2452319.1440778025'}^[21].

Why It Matters

C/1999 F1 ranks in the top 8% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]