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C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)

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C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)

Summary

C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) is a non-periodic comet[1]. C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #29 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS[3].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s image is recorded as C 2016 R2 PanSTARRS.jpg[4].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[5].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory[6].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s Commons category is recorded as C/2016 R2[7].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2016-08-30T00:00:00Z[9].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003481[10].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9963073873895085'}[11].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}[12].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.3'}[13].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+58.22406306808122'}[14].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+6833604.771387515'}[15].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+80.56902872443624'}[16].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+704.7487057333195'}[17].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1406.895047508621'}[18].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.602363958018401'}[19].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+33.19189859773018'}[20].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.001022899290845507'}[21].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f40mbxm2[22].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s epoch is recorded as May 29, 2018[23].
  • C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2458248.083084793'}[24].

Body

Works and Contributions

C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS[3].

Why It Matters

C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #29 of 92).[2] C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) has Wikipedia articles in 7 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS). Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-2016-r2-panstarrs
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_c-2016-r2-panstarrs_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-2016-r2-panstarrs}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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