C/2014 Q2

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C/2014 Q2

Summary

C/2014 Q2 is a non-periodic comet[1]. It draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #13 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2014 Q2 is credited with the discovery of Terry Lovejoy[3].
  • C/2014 Q2's image is recorded as C2014 Q2.jpg[4].
  • C/2014 Q2's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[5].
  • C/2014 Q2's Commons category is recorded as C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)[6].
  • C/2014 Q2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2014-08-17T00:00:00Z[7].
  • C/2014 Q2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011v5rx0[8].
  • C/2014 Q2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003331[9].
  • C/2014 Q2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.997769'}[10].
  • C/2014 Q2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9977739281805434'}[11].
  • C/2014 Q2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.1'}[12].
  • C/2014 Q2's BBC Things ID is recorded as d30effb7-10ca-4efb-9b0a-5b6d0c0f05fb[13].
  • C/2014 Q2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+80.3012992044068'}[14].
  • C/2014 Q2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+5097475.071596998'}[15].
  • C/2014 Q2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+94.97505956666024'}[16].
  • C/2014 Q2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+579.657050281067'}[17].
  • C/2014 Q2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1158.023742337554'}[18].
  • C/2014 Q2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.290358224579994'}[19].
  • C/2014 Q2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.39526308063283'}[20].
  • C/2014 Q2's periapsis date is recorded as +2015-01-30T00:00:00Z[21].
  • C/2014 Q2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.004161877929295174'}[22].
  • C/2014 Q2's epoch is recorded as March 30, 2015[23].
  • C/2014 Q2's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2457052.56925279'}[24].

Body

Works and Contributions

C/2014 Q2 is credited with the discovery of Terry Lovejoy[3].

Why It Matters

C/2014 Q2 draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #13 of 92).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 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] . BBC Things. 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] . 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] . 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.
  19. [21] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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