Comet Kohoutek

long-period comet
Thing non_periodic_comet Q31428
Comet Kohoutek
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Comet Kohoutek

Summary

Comet Kohoutek is a non-periodic comet[1]. It draws 88 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 image is recorded as Comet Kohoutek (S74-17688).jpg[4].
  • Comet Kohoutek's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[5].
  • Comet Kohoutek's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[6].
  • Comet Kohoutek's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85072796[7].
  • Comet Kohoutek's Commons category is recorded as Comet Kohoutek[8].
  • Comet Kohoutek's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • Comet Kohoutek's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-03-07T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Comet Kohoutek's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0195xh[11].
  • Comet Kohoutek's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001152[12].
  • Comet Kohoutek's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.0000078'}[13].
  • Comet Kohoutek's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0035831[14].
  • Comet Kohoutek's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.8'}[15].
  • Comet Kohoutek's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.30414'}[16].
  • Comet Kohoutek's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+258.4894909953879'}[17].
  • Comet Kohoutek's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.1424250'}[18].
  • Comet Kohoutek's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+37.7976'}[19].
  • Comet Kohoutek's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.000008977059270580618'}[20].
  • Comet Kohoutek's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Kohoutek[21].
  • Comet Kohoutek's epoch is recorded as December 6, 1973[22].
  • Comet Kohoutek's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007546088705171[23].
  • Comet Kohoutek's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2442044.930683474'}[24].
  • Comet Kohoutek's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as cometa-kohoutek[25].
  • Comet Kohoutek's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/f0dbee28-5fd2-4569-bd28-079e06325b54[26].

Body

Works and Contributions

Comet Kohoutek is credited with the discovery of Luboš Kohoutek[3].

Why It Matters

Comet Kohoutek draws 88 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.[27] It is known by 16 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. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . 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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