Jupiter-family comet

family of periodic comets with an orbital period of less than 20 years and an inclination of up to 30 degrees
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Jupiter-family comet

Summary

Jupiter-family comet is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #178 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jupiter-family comet's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[3].
  • Jupiter is named after Jupiter-family comet[4].
  • Jupiter-family comet's subclass of is recorded as periodic comet[5].
  • Jupiter-family comet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jupiter-family comets[6].
  • Jupiter-family comet's has characteristic is recorded as orbital period[7].
  • Jupiter-family comet's has characteristic is recorded as orbital inclination[8].
  • Jupiter-family comet's has characteristic is recorded as Tisserand's parameter[9].
  • Jupiter-family comet's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'JFC'}[10].
  • Jupiter-family comet's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122k107f[11].
  • Jupiter-family comet's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 567600[12].
  • Jupiter-family comet's SpaceReference.org celestial object ID is recorded as category/jupiter-family-comets[13].

Why It Matters

Jupiter-family comet draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #178 of 289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . britastro.org. britastro.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Comparing the dynamics of Jupiter-family Comets and comet-like fireballs. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Comparing the dynamics of Jupiter-family Comets and comet-like fireballs. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_jupiter-family-comet_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Jupiter-family comet}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/jupiter-family-comet}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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