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D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)

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Summary

D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai) is an Encke-type comet[1].

Key Facts

  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s instance of is recorded as Encke-type comet[2].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[3].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s provisional designation is recorded as D/1977 DV3[4].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s provisional designation is recorded as 1976 XVI[5].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000204[6].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2591711212170127'}[7].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.5'}[8].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.201388343517217'}[9].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2755.706544471053'}[10].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+80.76837567440104'}[11].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.846712191009733'}[12].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.843668902552877'}[13].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.849755479466589'}[14].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+26.55077801626849'}[15].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+26.52029160816697'}[16].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121k36yh[17].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s epoch is recorded as February 23, 1977[18].
  • D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)'s time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2442994.4940523724'}[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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