C/2012 K1

Summary

C/2012 K1 is a hyperbolic comet^[1]. It draws 3 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 image is recorded as C2012k1 panstarrs.jpg^[4].
• C/2012 K1's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet^[5].
• C/2012 K1's Commons category is recorded as C/2012 K1^[6].
• C/2012 K1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-05-17T00:00:00Z^[7].
• C/2012 K1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0v3gdpf^[8].
• C/2012 K1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003190^[9].
• C/2012 K1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000152915493971'}^[10].
• C/2012 K1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.3'}^[11].
• C/2012 K1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+142.4282581726916'}^[12].
• C/2012 K1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+317.7376491689354'}^[13].
• C/2012 K1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-6896.600670785898'}^[14].
• C/2012 K1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.054597098294'}^[15].
• C/2012 K1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+203.1066008825931'}^[16].
• C/2012 K1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.0003435922110605922'}^[17].
• C/2012 K1's epoch is recorded as February 9, 2014^[18].
• C/2012 K1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456897.1603630064'}^[19].

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Works and Contributions

C/2012 K1 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS^[3].

Why It Matters

C/2012 K1 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (hyperbolic_comet category, ranking #9 of 8).^[2]