Comet Ikeya–Seki

Summary

Comet Ikeya–Seki is a non-periodic comet^[1]. It draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #11 of 92).^[2]

Key Facts

• Comet Ikeya–Seki is credited with the discovery of Kaoru Ikeya^[3].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki is credited with the discovery of Tsutomu Seki^[4].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's image is recorded as Comet C 1965 S1 Ikeya-Seki.jpg^[5].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet^[6].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's instance of is recorded as sungrazing comet^[7].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85064237^[8].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's part of is recorded as Kreutz sungrazers^[9].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's Commons category is recorded as Comet Ikeya-Seki^[10].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1965-09-18T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01lbsc^[13].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001121^[14].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001122^[15].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.999915'}^[16].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Comet-Ikeya-Seki^[17].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+141.8642'}^[18].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+880'}^[19].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+321420.0'}^[20].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+346.9947'}^[21].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+91.6'}^[22].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+183.2'}^[23].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+183.192214'}^[24].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.007786'}^[25].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+69.0486'}^[26].
• Comet Ikeya–Seki's periapsis date is recorded as +1965-10-21T00:00:00Z^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Kaoru Ikeya^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1943^[29], of Japan^[30] and Tsutomu Seki^[4], an amateur astronomer^[31], b. 1930^[32], of Japan^[33].

Why It Matters

Comet Ikeya–Seki draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #11 of 92).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]