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Great Comet of 1882

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Great Comet of 1882

Summary

Great Comet of 1882 is a sungrazing comet[1]. It draws 87 Wikipedia views per month (sungrazing_comet category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Comet of 1882's image is recorded as Great Comet of 1882.jpg[3].
  • Great Comet of 1882's instance of is recorded as sungrazing comet[4].
  • Great Comet of 1882's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[5].
  • Great Comet of 1882's part of is recorded as Kreutz sungrazers[6].
  • Great Comet of 1882's Commons category is recorded as The Great Comet of 1882[7].
  • Great Comet of 1882's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • Great Comet of 1882's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1882-09-01T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Great Comet of 1882's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0595xj[10].
  • Great Comet of 1882's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000882[11].
  • Great Comet of 1882's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.999899'}[12].
  • Great Comet of 1882's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+142'}[13].
  • Great Comet of 1882's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+142.0112'}[14].
  • Great Comet of 1882's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+800'}[15].
  • Great Comet of 1882's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+244352.25'}[16].
  • Great Comet of 1882's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+347.6563'}[17].
  • Great Comet of 1882's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+76.7326733'}[18].
  • Great Comet of 1882's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+153.4575965'}[19].
  • Great Comet of 1882's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.00775'}[20].
  • Great Comet of 1882's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+69.5843'}[21].
  • Great Comet of 1882's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.0048036'}[22].
  • Great Comet of 1882's epoch is recorded as September 21, 1882[23].
  • Great Comet of 1882's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2408706.2241'}[24].

Why It Matters

Great Comet of 1882 draws 87 Wikipedia views per month (sungrazing_comet category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 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. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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