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C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)

Summary

C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS) is a non-periodic comet[1]. C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS) draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #34 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[3].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s provisional designation is recorded as C/2012 S4[4].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-09-28T00:00:00Z[5].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003206[6].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9999819926719808'}[7].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.4'}[8].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+126.5413341641622'}[9].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+43347887997.10473'}[10].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+173.1035240071253'}[11].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+241497.706411874'}[12].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+482991.0640953327'}[13].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.348728415231951'}[14].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+163.6154852424364'}[15].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+359.999999459987'}[16].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pxxnzdpm[17].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Comet", "CometC2012S4PANSTARRS"][18].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s epoch is recorded as April 24, 2013[19].
  • C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456471.523403003'}[20].

Why It Matters

C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS) draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #34 of 92).[2] C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS) has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 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.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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