C/2011 L4

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C/2011 L4

Summary

C/2011 L4 is a non-periodic comet[1]. It draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #23 of 92).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2011 L4 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS[3].
  • C/2011 L4's image is recorded as C-2011 Comet PanStarrs taken from the Norman Lockyer Observatory on 26th May 2013 by John Maclean.jpeg[4].
  • C/2011 L4's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[5].
  • C/2011 L4's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet[6].
  • C/2011 L4's Commons category is recorded as C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)[7].
  • C/2011 L4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • C/2011 L4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2011-06-06T00:00:00Z[9].
  • C/2011 L4's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h569pw[10].
  • C/2011 L4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003133[11].
  • C/2011 L4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000032767108972'}[12].
  • C/2011 L4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.8'}[13].
  • C/2011 L4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+84.20819702923397'}[14].
  • C/2011 L4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+65.6658863915034'}[15].
  • C/2011 L4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-9202.64964708298'}[16].
  • C/2011 L4's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.3015442238164768'}[17].
  • C/2011 L4's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+333.6516376633611'}[18].
  • C/2011 L4's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.000004276003487285466'}[19].
  • C/2011 L4's Quora topic ID is recorded as C-2011-L4[20].
  • C/2011 L4's epoch is recorded as March 14, 2013[21].
  • C/2011 L4's Fandom article ID is recorded as thesolarsystem:C/2011_L4_(PANSTARRS)[22].
  • C/2011 L4's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456361.6699600024'}[23].

Body

Works and Contributions

C/2011 L4 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS[3].

Why It Matters

C/2011 L4 draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #23 of 92).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] . 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] . 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] . Quora. 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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