C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
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Summary
C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) is a non-periodic comet[1]. C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) draws 79 Wikipedia views per month (non periodic comet category, ranking #22 of 92).[2]
Key Facts
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[3]
- Time of discovery or invention: April 5, 1861[4]
- Point in time: April 5, 1861[5]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.983501[6]
- Orbital inclination: 99.769406 degree[7]
- Orbital period: 152260.2927955824 day[8]
- Longitude of ascending node: 31.81523 degree[9]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 55.80316382811066 astronomical unit[10]
- Apoapsis: 110.6856312562213 astronomical unit[11]
- Periapsis: 0.9206964 astronomical unit[12]
- Argument of periapsis: 302.842281 degree[13]
- Mean anomaly: 0.1657595603988768 degree[14]
- Epoch: August 13, 1861[15]
- Time of periapsis: 2400930.39278 Julian day[16]
Why It Matters
C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]