Kreutz sungrazers

family of sungrazing comets
Thing comet_group Q386772
Kreutz sungrazers
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Kreutz sungrazers

Summary

Kreutz sungrazers is a comet group[1]. It draws 212 Wikipedia views per month (comet_group category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kreutz sungrazers is credited with the discovery of Heinrich Kreutz[3].
  • Kreutz sungrazers's instance of is recorded as comet group[4].
  • Heinrich Kreutz is named after Kreutz sungrazers[5].
  • Kreutz sungrazers is a type of sungrazing comet[6].
  • Kreutz sungrazers's Commons category is recorded as Kreutz Sungrazers[7].
  • Kreutz sungrazers's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • Kreutz sungrazers comprises Q526278[9].
  • Kreutz sungrazers comprises Comet Ikeya–Seki[10].
  • Kreutz sungrazers comprises Great Comet of 1882[11].
  • Kreutz sungrazers's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kreutz Sungrazers[12].
  • Kreutz sungrazers's has characteristic is recorded as perihelion[13].
  • Kreutz sungrazers's has characteristic is recorded as longitude of the periapsis[14].
  • Kreutz sungrazers's has characteristic is recorded as orbital inclination[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Kreutz sungrazers's instance of is recorded as comet group[4]. It is a type of sungrazing comet[6].

Origins

Heinrich Kreutz is named after Kreutz sungrazers[5].

Use and Application

Components include Q526278[9], a non-periodic comet[16]; Comet Ikeya–Seki[10], a non-periodic comet[17]; and Great Comet of 1882[11], a sungrazing comet[18].

Why It Matters

Kreutz sungrazers draws 212 Wikipedia views per month (comet_group category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . people.ast.cam.ac.uk. people.ast.cam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . people.ast.cam.ac.uk. people.ast.cam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Origin and Evolution of Cometary Nuclei. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · KyloRen2017 · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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