Chiron-type comet

type of periodic comet with an orbit outside that of Jupiter
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Chiron-type comet

Summary

Chiron-type comet is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #188 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chiron-type comet's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[3].
  • 2060 Chiron is named after Chiron-type comet[4].
  • Chiron-type comet's subclass of is recorded as periodic comet[5].
  • Chiron-type comet's has part is recorded as 2060 Chiron[6].
  • Chiron-type comet's has part is recorded as 39P/Oterma[7].
  • Chiron-type comet's has part is recorded as 165P/LINEAR[8].
  • Chiron-type comet's has part is recorded as 166P/NEAT[9].
  • Chiron-type comet's has part is recorded as 167P/CINEOS[10].
  • Chiron-type comet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chiron-type comets[11].
  • Chiron-type comet's has characteristic is recorded as orbital period[12].
  • Chiron-type comet's has characteristic is recorded as semi-major axis of an orbit[13].
  • Chiron-type comet's has characteristic is recorded as Tisserand's parameter[14].
  • Chiron-type comet's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CTC'}[15].
  • Chiron-type comet's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1232c6v0[16].
  • Chiron-type comet's SpaceReference.org celestial object ID is recorded as category/chiron-type-comets[17].

Why It Matters

Chiron-type comet draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #188 of 289).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . pdssbn.astro.umd.edu. pdssbn.astro.umd.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . britastro.org. britastro.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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