C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)

Summary

C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) is a non-periodic comet^[1]. C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #26 of 92).^[2]

Key Facts

• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) is credited with the discovery of Hideo Nishimura^[3].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s image is recorded as 6min-RGB-C2023 P1 (Nishimura).png^[4].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet^[5].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kakegawa^[6].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s Commons category is recorded as C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)^[7].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2023-08-12T00:00:00Z^[9].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003941^[10].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9961'}^[11].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9960841290661178'}^[12].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[13].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+132.4762679666447'}^[14].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+159248.4851209064'}^[15].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+66.83461976023543'}^[16].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+57.49780362078284'}^[17].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+114.770453263605'}^[18].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.2251539779606924'}^[19].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+116.2982075630214'}^[20].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+359.921688300927'}^[21].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11vcfzz5r1^[22].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Comet", "CometC2023P1Nishimura"]^[23].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as C/2023 P1^[24].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s epoch is recorded as August 14, 2023^[25].
• C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2460205.14158617'}^[26].

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Works and Contributions

C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) is credited with the discovery of Hideo Nishimura^[3].

Why It Matters

C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #26 of 92).^[2] C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]