Comet Hyakutake

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Comet_Hyakutake
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Titan
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:C/1996_B2
gptkbp:aphelion >4,000 AU
gptkbp:brightnessAtClosestApproach magnitude 0
gptkbp:category gptkb:Periodic_comet
gptkbp:closestApproachDistanceToEarth 0.1 AU
gptkbp:closestApproachToEarthDate 1996-03-25
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Yuji_Hyakutake
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Japan
1996-01-30
gptkbp:eccentricity 0.9999
gptkbp:inclination 124.9 degrees
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Yuji_Hyakutake
gptkbp:notableFor bright and visible to the naked eye
very close approach to Earth in 1996
one of the closest cometary approaches of the 20th century
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Ulysses_spacecraft
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:orbitType ~70,000 years
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Oort_Cloud
gptkbp:perihelion 1996-05-01
0.230 AU
gptkbp:spectralType detected water, carbon monoxide, methane, ethane, ammonia, and other molecules
gptkbp:tailLength >500 million km
ion tail and dust tail
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sol_System
gptkb:COMET
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Comet Hyakutake