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C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)

Kreutz Sungrazer comet discovered in November 2011 by Terry Lovejoy
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C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)

Summary

C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) is a non-periodic comet[1]. C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) is credited with the discovery of Terry Lovejoy[3].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s video is recorded as C2011 W3 observed by STEREO on 18 and 19 December 2011.gif[4].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s image is recorded as Iss030e015472 Edit.jpg[5].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[6].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s instance of is recorded as sungrazing comet[7].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s part of is recorded as Kreutz sungrazers[8].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s Commons category is recorded as C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)[9].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s provisional designation is recorded as C/2011 W3[11].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2011-11-27T00:00:00Z[12].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hrfrj4[13].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003162[14].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.99992941527'}[15].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.3'}[16].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s BBC Things ID is recorded as a67bba7c-39a7-435d-aca0-e678bd1917b0[17].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+134.3558107'}[18].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1092296', 'amount': '+697.9576'}[19].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+254929.0293747837'}[20].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+326.3691470'}[21].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+78.68294'}[22].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+78.68293963959538'}[23].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+157.3603254650395'}[24].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.00555381415'}[25].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+53.5092124'}[26].
  • C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+359.9858617465'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) is credited with the discovery of Terry Lovejoy[3].

Why It Matters

C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) between 2 and 10 Solar Radii: Physical Parameters of the Comet and the Corona. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . cometography.com. cometography.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) between 2 and 10 Solar Radii: Physical Parameters of the Comet and the Corona. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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