Comet Ikeya–Seki

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Titan
Kreutz sungrazer
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs 1965 VIII
C/1965 S1
Great Comet of 1965
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude -10
gptkbp:closestApproachToSun within 450,000 km of the Sun's surface
gptkbp:discoveredBy Tsutomu Seki
Kaoru Ikeya
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1965-09-18
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Comet Ikeya–Seki
gptkbp:namedAfter Tsutomu Seki
Kaoru Ikeya
gptkbp:notableFor visible in daylight
one of the brightest comets of the 20th century
gptkbp:orbitType 880 years
gptkbp:perihelion 1965-10-21
0.0079 AU
gptkbp:splitIntoFragments 1965
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Great_comets
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7