C/2012 E2 (SWAN)

Summary

C/2012 E2 (SWAN) is a comet^[1]. C/2012 E2 (SWAN) draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (comet category, ranking #13 of 31).^[2]

Key Facts

• C/2012 E2 (SWAN) is credited with the discovery of Solar and Heliospheric Observatory^[3].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s image is recorded as C2012E2 SWAN 20120312 052901 s4h1B crop.jpg^[4].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s instance of is recorded as comet^[5].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet^[6].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0rphpth^[7].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003178^[8].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000491306930326'}^[9].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+144.430740514462'}^[10].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.576461397899894'}^[11].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-14.16957283214016'}^[12].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.006961609332190363'}^[13].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+82.41229437495095'}^[14].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.03749427483123197'}^[15].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s epoch is recorded as March 13, 2012^[16].
• C/2012 E2 (SWAN)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456001.529065288'}^[17].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include comet^[5] and hyperbolic comet^[6].

Why It Matters

C/2012 E2 (SWAN) draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (comet category, ranking #13 of 31).^[2] C/2012 E2 (SWAN) has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18]