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C/2013 A1

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C/2013 A1
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C/2013 A1

Summary

C/2013 A1 is a comet[1]. It draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (comet category, ranking #8 of 31).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2013 A1 is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught[3].
  • C/2013 A1's video is recorded as Mars orbiters landers rovers during Comet Siding Spring.webm[4].
  • C/2013 A1's video is recorded as MAVEN and Comet Siding-Spring encountering Mars fixed cam.webm[5].
  • C/2013 A1's video is recorded as MAVEN and Comet Siding-Spring encountering Mars.webm[6].
  • C/2013 A1's video is recorded as Mars Fleet and Comet Siding Spring.webm[7].
  • C/2013 A1's image is recorded as NASA-14090-Comet-C2013A1-SidingSpring-Hubble-20140311.jpg[8].
  • C/2013 A1's instance of is recorded as comet[9].
  • C/2013 A1's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[10].
  • C/2013 A1's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[11].
  • C/2013 A1's part of is recorded as Oort cloud[12].
  • C/2013 A1's Commons category is recorded as C/2013 A1[13].
  • C/2013 A1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2013-01-03T00:00:00Z[14].
  • C/2013 A1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0qfq968[15].
  • C/2013 A1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003228[16].
  • C/2013 A1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000085526301256'}[17].
  • C/2013 A1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.5'}[18].
  • C/2013 A1's different from is recorded as Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)[19].
  • C/2013 A1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+129.0329176101494'}[20].
  • C/2013 A1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+300.9994099243701'}[21].
  • C/2013 A1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-16366.48574855812'}[22].
  • C/2013 A1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.399764990633582'}[23].
  • C/2013 A1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.449169482138664'}[24].
  • C/2013 A1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.0002470499453610851'}[25].
  • C/2013 A1's NAIF ID is recorded as 1003228[26].
  • C/2013 A1's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as CK13A010[27].

Body

Geography

C/2013 A1's part of is recorded as Oort cloud[12].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include comet[9] and hyperbolic comet[10].

Why It Matters

C/2013 A1 draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (comet category, ranking #8 of 31).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . naif.jpl.nasa.gov. naif.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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