11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR

Summary

11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is a periodic comet^[1]. 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR ranks in the top 8% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Wilhelm Tempel^[3].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Lewis A. Swift^[4].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[5].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's image is recorded as 11P 20201120 image ZTF-sso-500-zr-fov-4.7-arcmin.png^[6].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[7].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[8].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's Commons category is recorded as 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR^[9].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 11P/2001 X3^[11].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 1908 II^[12].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 1891 V^[13].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 11P/1880 T1^[14].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 1880 IV^[15].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 11P/1869 W1^[16].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 1869c^[17].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1869-11-27T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dm_tb^[19].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000365^[20].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5774221353101371'}^[21].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[22].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.43558222984413'}^[23].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2178.330937839413'}^[24].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+238.9870236722805'}^[25].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.28864469721933'}^[26].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.187580940564074'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Wilhelm Tempel^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1821–1889^[29], of Kingdom of Saxony^[30], awarded the Lalande Prize^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32]; Lewis A. Swift^[4], an astronomer^[33], 1820–1913^[34], of United States^[35], awarded the Lalande Prize^[36], specialised in astronomy^[37]; and Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[5], an astronomical survey^[38], in United States^[39], founded in 1996^[40].

Why It Matters

11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR ranks in the top 8% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).^[2] 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]