C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)

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C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)

Summary

C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is a non-periodic comet[1]. C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) ranks in the top 10% of non_periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is credited with the discovery of Pedro H. Bernardinelli[3].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is credited with the discovery of Gary Bernstein[4].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s image is recorded as Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein annotated - noirlab2119b.jpg[5].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[6].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s site of astronomical discovery is recorded as The Dark Energy Survey[7].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s Commons category is recorded as C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)[8].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s provisional designation is recorded as C/2014 UN271[10].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s type of orbit is recorded as Oort cloud[11].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2014-10-20T00:00:00Z[12].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003787[13].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9981093984445126'}[14].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s official name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'}[15].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.96'}[16].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.0'}[17].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+95.53688914567009'}[18].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+160754263.7385913'}[19].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+190.0645451845533'}[20].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5785.968290561134'}[21].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+11560.99762047213'}[22].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+10.93896065013548'}[23].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+326.3780380646967'}[24].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+359.989824116409'}[25].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+137'}[26].
  • C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11rgg89jxm[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Pedro H. Bernardinelli[3], an astronomer[28], b. 1994[29], specialised in dark energy[30] and Gary Bernstein[4], an astronomer[31], specialised in dark energy[32].

Why It Matters

C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) ranks in the top 10% of non_periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[2] C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . space.com. Retrieved . space.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . space.com. Retrieved . space.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved . minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . 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] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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