Home › Entities › hyperbolic_comet › C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)

C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)

comet
Thing hyperbolic_comet Q55606294
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)

Summary

C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS) is a hyperbolic comet[1]. C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS) draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (hyperbolic_comet category, ranking #7 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS) is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS[3].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s image is recorded as C2018 F4-orbit.png[4].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[5].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s Commons category is recorded as C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS)[6].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2018-03-17T00:00:00Z[8].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003568[9].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1.00152144097834'}[10].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+5.3'}[11].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+78.09888924006349'}[12].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+26.50708234060093'}[13].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '-2260.993631018735'}[14].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.439968361997539'}[15].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+263.2041950465853'}[16].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s periapsis date is recorded as +2019-12-04T00:00:00Z[17].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-0.0006881182639090259'}[18].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f57gtvzj[19].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as C/2018 F4[20].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s epoch is recorded as September 20, 2019[21].
  • C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2458821.559906579'}[22].

Body

Works and Contributions

C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS) is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS[3].

Why It Matters

C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS) draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (hyperbolic_comet category, ranking #7 of 8).[2]

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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS). Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-2018-f4-panstarrs-
MLA “C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS).” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-2018-f4-panstarrs-.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_c-2018-f4-panstarrs-_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-2018-f4-panstarrs-}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS) — https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-2018-f4-panstarrs- (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-2018-f4-panstarrs- · Last refreshed: