Comet Kohoutek

Summary

Comet Kohoutek is a non-periodic comet^[1]. It draws 53 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #12 of 92).^[2]

Key Facts

• Comet Kohoutek is credited with the discovery of Luboš Kohoutek^[3].
• Comet Kohoutek's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet^[4].
• Comet Kohoutek's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet^[5].
• Comet Kohoutek's Commons category is recorded as Comet Kohoutek^[6].
• Comet Kohoutek's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• Comet Kohoutek's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 7, 1973^[8].
• Comet Kohoutek's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.0000078'}^[9].
• Comet Kohoutek's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.8'}^[10].
• Comet Kohoutek's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.30414'}^[11].
• Comet Kohoutek's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+258.4894909953879'}^[12].
• Comet Kohoutek's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.1424250'}^[13].
• Comet Kohoutek's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+37.7976'}^[14].
• Comet Kohoutek's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.000008977059270580618'}^[15].
• Comet Kohoutek's epoch is recorded as December 6, 1973^[16].
• Comet Kohoutek's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2442044.930683474'}^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include non-periodic comet^[4] and hyperbolic comet^[5].

Why It Matters

Comet Kohoutek draws 53 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #12 of 92).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]