117P/Helin–Roman–Alu

Summary

117P/Helin–Roman–Alu is a periodic comet^[1]. 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu is credited with the discovery of Brian P. Roman^[4].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu is credited with the discovery of Jeff T. Alu^[5].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's image is recorded as 117P 2022-06-04 image ZTF-sso-235-zr-fov-7.0arcmin.png^[6].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[7].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[8].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's provisional designation is recorded as 117P/1989 T2^[10].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's provisional designation is recorded as 1989w^[11].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 XXXVII^[12].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-10-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bd8rq^[14].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000121^[15].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.254895139264299'}^[16].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.5'}^[17].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.701678647180362'}^[18].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3023.178041710537'}^[19].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+58.87624800929279'}^[20].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.091760432883025'}^[21].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.134730278258893'}^[22].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.048790587507158'}^[23].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+222.4967520097974'}^[24].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+171.4076559572368'}^[25].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+9.0'}^[26].
• 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu's NAIF ID is recorded as 1000121^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Eleanor F. Helin^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1932–2009^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the Women in Technology Hall of Fame^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32]; Brian P. Roman^[4], an astronomer^[33], b. 2000^[34], of United States^[35], specialised in astronomy^[36]; and Jeff T. Alu^[5], an astronomer^[37], b. 1966^[38], of United States^[39], specialised in astronomy^[40].

Why It Matters

117P/Helin–Roman–Alu draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).^[2] 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41]