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Great Comet of 1811

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Great Comet of 1811

Summary

Great Comet of 1811 is a non-periodic comet[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of non_periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (273 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Comet of 1811 is credited with the discovery of Honoré Flaugergues[3].
  • Great Comet of 1811's video is recorded as Great Comet of 1811 animation.webm[4].
  • Great Comet of 1811's image is recorded as Comet of 1811.jpg[5].
  • Great Comet of 1811's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[6].
  • Great Comet of 1811's locator map image is recorded as Great Comet of 1811 (1840 map).png[7].
  • Great Comet of 1811's locator map image is recorded as Great Comet of 1811 (1840 map) de.png[8].
  • Great Comet of 1811's Commons category is recorded as Great Comet of 1811[9].
  • Great Comet of 1811's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • Great Comet of 1811's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1811-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Great Comet of 1811's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01qhk5[12].
  • Great Comet of 1811's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000742[13].
  • Great Comet of 1811's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.995125'}[14].
  • Great Comet of 1811's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+106.9342'}[15].
  • Great Comet of 1811's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3096'}[16].
  • Great Comet of 1811's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+143.0497'}[17].
  • Great Comet of 1811's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+212.3922051'}[18].
  • Great Comet of 1811's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+423.7489983'}[19].
  • Great Comet of 1811's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.035412'}[20].
  • Great Comet of 1811's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+65.4097'}[21].
  • Great Comet of 1811's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.0024697'}[22].
  • Great Comet of 1811's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as C/1811 F1[23].
  • Great Comet of 1811's epoch is recorded as September 5, 1811[24].
  • Great Comet of 1811's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2382768.2562'}[25].

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Works and Contributions

Great Comet of 1811 is credited with the discovery of Honoré Flaugergues[3].

Why It Matters

Great Comet of 1811 ranks in the top 2% of non_periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (273 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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