C/2015 G2 (MASTER)

Summary

C/2015 G2 (MASTER) is a comet^[1]. C/2015 G2 (MASTER) draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (comet category, ranking #20 of 31).^[2]

Key Facts

• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s instance of is recorded as comet^[3].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet^[4].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2015-04-07T00:00:00Z^[5].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0138tg7c^[6].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003383^[7].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000395105483913'}^[8].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.0'}^[9].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+147.5627212046803'}^[10].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+110.058839611536'}^[11].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-1973.798170638304'}^[12].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7798584813568049'}^[13].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+257.4587835853224'}^[14].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.0009465133992715475'}^[15].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s epoch is recorded as August 16, 2015^[16].
• C/2015 G2 (MASTER)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2457166.287452427'}^[17].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include comet^[3] and hyperbolic comet^[4].

Why It Matters

C/2015 G2 (MASTER) draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (comet category, ranking #20 of 31).^[2] C/2015 G2 (MASTER) has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18]