C/2010 U3

Summary

C/2010 U3 is a hyperbolic comet^[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (hyperbolic_comet category, ranking #8 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• C/2010 U3 is credited with the discovery of Andrea Boattini^[3].
• C/2010 U3's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet^[4].
• C/2010 U3's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[5].
• C/2010 U3's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2010-10-31T00:00:00Z^[6].
• C/2010 U3's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003111^[7].
• C/2010 U3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000854751537623'}^[8].
• C/2010 U3's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.3'}^[9].
• C/2010 U3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+55.51208440289003'}^[10].
• C/2010 U3's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+43.07283924546797'}^[11].
• C/2010 U3's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-9881.02204250138'}^[12].
• C/2010 U3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+8.445818784114149'}^[13].
• C/2010 U3's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+88.06513294078631'}^[14].
• C/2010 U3's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.0006202634131402897'}^[15].
• C/2010 U3's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121g0zb8^[16].
• C/2010 U3's epoch is recorded as June 18, 2017^[17].
• C/2010 U3's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2458540.6229845765'}^[18].

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Works and Contributions

C/2010 U3 is credited with the discovery of Andrea Boattini^[3].

Why It Matters

C/2010 U3 draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (hyperbolic_comet category, ranking #8 of 8).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19]