Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)

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Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)

Summary

Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) is a non-periodic comet[1]. Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) is credited with the discovery of Siding Spring Observatory[3].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s image is recorded as Comet Siding Spring.jpg[4].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[5].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[6].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s Commons category is recorded as C/2007 Q3[7].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2007-08-25T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b774qt[10].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1002472[11].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000237622400141'}[12].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.6'}[13].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s different from is recorded as C/2013 A1[14].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+65.65049237334571'}[15].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+149.412683432869'}[16].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-9475.910251456788'}[17].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.251688537472099'}[18].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.092857654701453'}[19].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.00005157704522170928'}[20].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as C/2007 Q3[21].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s epoch is recorded as August 20, 2009[22].
  • Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2455111.7707217652'}[23].

Body

Works and Contributions

Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) is credited with the discovery of Siding Spring Observatory[3].

Why It Matters

Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 92).[2] Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

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. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 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.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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