Great Comet of 1843

long-period comet visible in March 1843
Thing non_periodic_comet Q1548773
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Great Comet of 1843

Summary

Great Comet of 1843 is a non-periodic comet[1]. It draws 33 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #17 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Comet of 1843's image is recorded as Great Comet of 1843.jpg[3].
  • Great Comet of 1843's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[4].
  • Great Comet of 1843's instance of is recorded as sungrazing comet[5].
  • Great Comet of 1843's part of is recorded as Kreutz sungrazers[6].
  • Great Comet of 1843's Commons category is recorded as Great Comet of 1843[7].
  • Great Comet of 1843's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • Great Comet of 1843's provisional designation is recorded as C/1843 D1[9].
  • Great Comet of 1843's provisional designation is recorded as 1843 I[10].
  • Great Comet of 1843's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1843-02-05T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Great Comet of 1843's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0595vt[12].
  • Great Comet of 1843's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000778[13].
  • Great Comet of 1843's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9999'}[14].
  • Great Comet of 1843's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.999914'}[15].
  • Great Comet of 1843's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+144.4'}[16].
  • Great Comet of 1843's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+144.3548'}[17].
  • Great Comet of 1843's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+187373.25'}[18].
  • Great Comet of 1843's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.5272'}[19].
  • Great Comet of 1843's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+526478'}[20].
  • Great Comet of 1843's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+64.2674419'}[21].
  • Great Comet of 1843's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+129'}[22].
  • Great Comet of 1843's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+128.5293567'}[23].
  • Great Comet of 1843's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.0055'}[24].
  • Great Comet of 1843's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.005527'}[25].
  • Great Comet of 1843's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+82.6390'}[26].
  • Great Comet of 1843's periapsis date is recorded as +1843-02-27T00:00:00Z[27].

Why It Matters

Great Comet of 1843 draws 33 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #17 of 92).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . 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] . dx.doi.org. dx.doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . dx.doi.org. dx.doi.org. 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] . articles.adsabs.harvard.edu. articles.adsabs.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . cometography.com. cometography.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . cometography.com. cometography.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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