102P/Shoemaker

Summary

102P/Shoemaker is a periodic comet^[1]. 102P/Shoemaker has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 102P/Shoemaker is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 102P/Shoemaker is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 102P/Shoemaker's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 102P/Shoemaker's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 102P/Shoemaker's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 102P/Shoemaker's provisional designation is recorded as 102P/1991 L2^[8].
• 102P/Shoemaker's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 XXIII^[9].
• 102P/Shoemaker's provisional designation is recorded as 102P/1984 S2^[10].
• 102P/Shoemaker's provisional designation is recorded as 1984q^[11].
• 102P/Shoemaker's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 XVI^[12].
• 102P/Shoemaker's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 27, 1984^[13].
• 102P/Shoemaker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4731654920192473'}^[14].
• 102P/Shoemaker's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.2'}^[15].
• 102P/Shoemaker's orbital inclination is recorded as {'amount': '+26.2449062377407'}^[16].
• 102P/Shoemaker's orbital period is recorded as {'amount': '+2638.261192727151'}^[17].
• 102P/Shoemaker's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'amount': '+339.8733382485834'}^[18].
• 102P/Shoemaker's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'amount': '+3.736625514632678'}^[19].
• 102P/Shoemaker's apoapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+5.504667764755523'}^[20].
• 102P/Shoemaker's periapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+1.968583264509834'}^[21].
• 102P/Shoemaker's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+18.74460239787177'}^[22].
• 102P/Shoemaker's mean anomaly is recorded as {'amount': '+297.4830036280064'}^[23].
• 102P/Shoemaker's diameter is recorded as {'amount': '+3.2'}^[24].
• 102P/Shoemaker's epoch is recorded as May 31, 2012^[25].
• 102P/Shoemaker's time of periapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+2456536.656015039'}^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include periodic comet^[5] and Jupiter-family comet^[6].

Why It Matters

102P/Shoemaker has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] 102P/Shoemaker is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]