C/2006 P1

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C/2006 P1

Summary

C/2006 P1 is a comet[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2006 P1 is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught[3].
  • C/2006 P1's image is recorded as Comet P1 McNaught02 - 23-01-07.jpg[4].
  • C/2006 P1's instance of is recorded as comet[5].
  • C/2006 P1's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[6].
  • C/2006 P1's Commons category is recorded as C/2006 P1[7].
  • C/2006 P1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-08-07T00:00:00Z[8].
  • C/2006 P1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027jgdm[9].
  • C/2006 P1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1002410[10].
  • C/2006 P1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000019'}[11].
  • C/2006 P1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.4'}[12].
  • C/2006 P1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+77.83700'}[13].
  • C/2006 P1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+267.4148026435385'}[14].
  • C/2006 P1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-9074'}[15].
  • C/2006 P1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.1707364648528884'}[16].
  • C/2006 P1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+155.9749681149126'}[17].
  • C/2006 P1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.00005450281296514124'}[18].
  • C/2006 P1's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as C/2006 P1[19].
  • C/2006 P1's epoch is recorded as November 26, 2006[20].
  • C/2006 P1's Bing entity ID is recorded as d8f325b5-bac3-a76e-80cb-5816cb0f29c8[21].
  • C/2006 P1's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2454113.298843633'}[22].
  • C/2006 P1's WikiKids ID is recorded as Komeet_McNaught[23].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include comet[5] and hyperbolic comet[6].

Why It Matters

C/2006 P1 ranks in the top 6% of comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] . 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] . 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.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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