C/2008 C1

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C/2008 C1

Summary

C/2008 C1 is a hyperbolic comet[1].

Key Facts

  • C/2008 C1 is credited with the discovery of Chen Tao[2].
  • C/2008 C1 is credited with the discovery of Gao Xing[3].
  • C/2008 C1's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[4].
  • C/2008 C1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-02-08T00:00:00Z[5].
  • C/2008 C1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1002495[6].
  • C/2008 C1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1.000000661036232'}[7].
  • C/2008 C1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.8'}[8].
  • C/2008 C1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+61.78451974672003'}[9].
  • C/2008 C1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+307.7823774216627'}[10].
  • C/2008 C1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '-1909647.271764253'}[11].
  • C/2008 C1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.262346036927954'}[12].
  • C/2008 C1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+180.9283918212354'}[13].
  • C/2008 C1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-0.00000001563081804736106'}[14].
  • C/2008 C1's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h1v7473[15].
  • C/2008 C1's epoch is recorded as March 6, 2008[16].
  • C/2008 C1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2454573.351147367'}[17].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Chen Tao[2], an astronomer[18], b. 1981[19], of People's Republic of China[20] and Gao Xing[3], an astronomer[21], b. 1974[22], of People's Republic of China[23].

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] . 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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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