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C/2012 K1

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C/2012 K1

Summary

C/2012 K1 is a hyperbolic comet[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (hyperbolic_comet category, ranking #9 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2012 K1 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS[3].
  • C/2012 K1's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[4].
  • C/2012 K1's Commons category is recorded as C/2012 K1[5].
  • C/2012 K1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 17, 2012[6].
  • C/2012 K1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000152915493971'}[7].
  • C/2012 K1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.3'}[8].
  • C/2012 K1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+142.4282581726916'}[9].
  • C/2012 K1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+317.7376491689354'}[10].
  • C/2012 K1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-6896.600670785898'}[11].
  • C/2012 K1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.054597098294'}[12].
  • C/2012 K1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+203.1066008825931'}[13].
  • C/2012 K1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.0003435922110605922'}[14].
  • C/2012 K1's epoch is recorded as February 9, 2014[15].
  • C/2012 K1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456897.1603630064'}[16].

Body

Definition and Type

C/2012 K1's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[4].

Why It Matters

C/2012 K1 draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (hyperbolic_comet category, ranking #9 of 8).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ~2026-34993-89 · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456897.1603630064'}
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+142.4282581726916'}
    Instance of → hyperbolic comet
    Absolute magnitude → {'amount': '+7.3'}
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5736]]: C/2012 K1"
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