Comet Bennett

one of two brilliant comets to grace the 1970s
Thing non_periodic_comet Q1196598
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Comet Bennett

Summary

Comet Bennett is a non-periodic comet[1]. It draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #17 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • Comet Bennett is credited with the discovery of John Caister Bennet[3].
  • Comet Bennett's image is recorded as Comet Bennett 30.5 March 1970.jpg[4].
  • Comet Bennett's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[5].
  • Comet Bennett's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85013200[6].
  • Comet Bennett's Commons category is recorded as Comet Bennett[7].
  • Comet Bennett's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1969-12-28T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Comet Bennett's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bcnr3[9].
  • Comet Bennett's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001139[10].
  • Comet Bennett's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.996293'}[11].
  • Comet Bennett's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0009335[12].
  • Comet Bennett's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.6'}[13].
  • Comet Bennett's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+90.03981'}[14].
  • Comet Bennett's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+638009'}[15].
  • Comet Bennett's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+224.6576831633486'}[16].
  • Comet Bennett's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+145.0'}[17].
  • Comet Bennett's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+289.5410404444301'}[18].
  • Comet Bennett's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.5376201462339973'}[19].
  • Comet Bennett's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+354.1490886174603'}[20].
  • Comet Bennett's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.01295223421576149'}[21].
  • Comet Bennett's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Bennett_(1969_i)[22].
  • Comet Bennett's epoch is recorded as April 12, 1970[23].
  • Comet Bennett's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007283271705171[24].
  • Comet Bennett's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2440665.5454230094'}[25].
  • Comet Bennett's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as cometa-bennett[26].

Body

Works and Contributions

Comet Bennett is credited with the discovery of John Caister Bennet[3].

Why It Matters

Comet Bennett draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #17 of 92).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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