Great Comet of 1882

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Titan
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs 1882 II
1882b
C/1882 R1
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude -17
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:John_Tebbutt
gptkbp:cometGroup Kreutz Sungrazers
gptkbp:discoveredBy September 1882
multiple independent observers
gptkbp:eccentricity 1.0
gptkbp:fragmentary true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Comet of 1882
gptkbp:inclination 144.4 degrees
gptkbp:lastObserved February 1883
gptkbp:notableFor visible in daylight
extreme brightness
fragmentation near perihelion
multiple nucleus fragments visible
one of the brightest comets ever observed
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:orbitType ~800 years
sungrazing comet
gptkbp:partOf Kreutz sungrazer family
gptkbp:passedCloseTo Sun
gptkbp:perihelion 1882-09-17
0.008 AU
gptkbp:perihelionPassage within 480,000 km of Sun's center
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Comet_Ikeya–Seki
gptkb:Great_Comet_of_1843
gptkbp:tailLength ion and dust tails
over 40 degrees
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Great_comets
gptkb:Great_Comet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7