118P/Shoemaker–Levy

Summary

118P/Shoemaker–Levy is a periodic comet^[1]. 118P/Shoemaker–Levy draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy is credited with the discovery of David H. Levy^[3].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[4].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[5].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's image is recorded as 118P 2022-12-01 image ZTF-sso-465-zr-fov-7.0arcmin.png^[6].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[7].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[8].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 118P/1995 M1^[10].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 118P/1991 C2^[11].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 XII^[12].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 1991f^[13].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-02-09T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c91m4^[15].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000150^[16].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4548481538806305'}^[17].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.3'}^[18].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.09567182694574'}^[19].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2248.575335185368'}^[20].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+142.1152522737233'}^[21].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.358969113694023'}^[22].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.886790013999808'}^[23].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.831148213388239'}^[24].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+314.4941107883377'}^[25].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+281.5139391995738'}^[26].
• 118P/Shoemaker–Levy's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+4.8'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include David H. Levy^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1948^[29], of United States^[30], specialised in astronomy^[31]; Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[4], an astronomer^[32], 1929–2021^[33], of United States^[34], awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal^[35], specialised in astronomy^[36]; and Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[5], an astronomer^[37], 1928–1997^[38], of United States^[39], awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal^[40], specialised in geology^[41].

Why It Matters

118P/Shoemaker–Levy draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 183).^[2] 118P/Shoemaker–Levy has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42]