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Comet Donati

comet discovered in 1858
Thing Non Periodic Comet Q981088
Comet Donati
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
non-periodic comet
Apoapsis
+311.6854986[12]
Argument of periapsis
+129.1144[14]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics, New International Encyclopedia[6][7][8]
Discoverer or inventor
Giovanni Battista Donati[2]
Epoch
October 8, 1858[16]
Longitude of ascending node
+167.3044[10]
Mean anomaly
+0.003807[15]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.996295[5]
Orbital inclination
+116.9512[9]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[3]
Periapsis
+0.578469[13]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+156.1319838[11]
Time of discovery or invention
June 2, 1858[4]
Time of periapsis
+2399952.9645[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Comet Donati en Donati's Comet en Comet Donati (C/1858 L1) ar مذنب دوناتي cs C/1858 L1 (Donati) de Donati el Κομήτης του Ντονάτι es Cometa Donati fr 1ère comète photographiée fr 2e grande comète du XIXe siècle fr Comète Donati he כוכב השביט הגדול של 1858 ja ドナティ彗星 pl Kometa Donatiego ru C/1858 L1 ru C/1858 L1 (Донати) ru Донати комета ru комета Донати sv Donatis komet uk Комета Донаті
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85039036
GND ID
1191500810
Freebase ID
/m/044tv4
J9U entity ID
987007560326305171
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
1000821
Minor Planet Center body ID
C/1858 L1
Yale LUX ID
place/3a7b7f99-f8fb-46c5-a7a3-3344c12c5308

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🔗 Connections
Created notable works 1
Martin Hoek
Described by source 1
New International Encyclopedia
Discoverer or inventor 1
Giovanni Battista Donati
Instance of 1
non-periodic comet
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
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Summary

Comet Donati is a non-periodic comet[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . taylorfrancis.com. taylorfrancis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · ~2026-44936-25 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of periapsis → 2,399,952.9645 Julian day
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Orbital inclination → 116.9512 degree
    Orbital eccentricity → 0.996295
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Minor Planet Center body ID: C/1858 L1"
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