C/2018 V1

Summary

C/2018 V1 is a non-periodic comet^[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #35 of 92).^[2]

Key Facts

• C/2018 V1 is credited with the discovery of Donald Machholz^[3].
• C/2018 V1's image is recorded as C2018 v1-skypath.png^[4].
• C/2018 V1's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet^[5].
• C/2018 V1's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet^[6].
• C/2018 V1's instance of is recorded as interstellar object^[7].
• C/2018 V1's Commons category is recorded as C/2018 V1^[8].
• C/2018 V1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2018-11-07T00:00:00Z^[9].
• C/2018 V1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003590^[10].
• C/2018 V1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000390606749757'}^[11].
• C/2018 V1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[12].
• C/2018 V1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+143.9879595892249'}^[13].
• C/2018 V1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+128.7220909046342'}^[14].
• C/2018 V1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-990.6509493436076'}^[15].
• C/2018 V1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.3869549474667874'}^[16].
• C/2018 V1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+88.77491355817259'}^[17].
• C/2018 V1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.0005534292952922258'}^[18].
• C/2018 V1's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fhktkft6^[19].
• C/2018 V1's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as C/2018 V1^[20].
• C/2018 V1's epoch is recorded as November 16, 2018^[21].
• C/2018 V1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2458456.008101698'}^[22].

Body

Works and Contributions

C/2018 V1 is credited with the discovery of Donald Machholz^[3].

Why It Matters

C/2018 V1 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #35 of 92).^[2]