C/2006 W3

Summary

C/2006 W3 is a non-periodic comet^[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 92).^[2]

Key Facts

• C/2006 W3 is credited with the discovery of Eric J. Christensen^[3].
• C/2006 W3's image is recorded as PIA20119-CometChristensen-C2006W3-CO2-WISE-20100420.jpg^[4].
• C/2006 W3's image is recorded as C2006-W3 sum gauss.jpg^[5].
• C/2006 W3's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet^[6].
• C/2006 W3's Commons category is recorded as C/2006 W3^[7].
• C/2006 W3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-11-18T00:00:00Z^[8].
• C/2006 W3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1002430^[9].
• C/2006 W3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9998244303114467'}^[10].
• C/2006 W3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.2'}^[11].
• C/2006 W3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+127.0746942515534'}^[12].
• C/2006 W3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+867872920.2648431'}^[13].
• C/2006 W3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+113.5705967850911'}^[14].
• C/2006 W3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+17806.22296148564'}^[15].
• C/2006 W3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+35609.31968995163'}^[16].
• C/2006 W3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.126233019657879'}^[17].
• C/2006 W3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133.5144801700162'}^[18].
• C/2006 W3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+359.9999511981176'}^[19].
• C/2006 W3's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120s706m^[20].
• C/2006 W3's epoch is recorded as March 11, 2009^[21].
• C/2006 W3's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2455019.149533773'}^[22].

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Works and Contributions

C/2006 W3 is credited with the discovery of Eric J. Christensen^[3].

Why It Matters

C/2006 W3 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 92).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23]