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120P/Mueller

Summary

120P/Mueller is a periodic comet[1]. 120P/Mueller has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 120P/Mueller is credited with the discovery of Jean Mueller[3].
  • 120P/Mueller's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[4].
  • 120P/Mueller's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[5].
  • 120P/Mueller's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[6].
  • 120P/Mueller's provisional designation is recorded as 120P/1995 O2[7].
  • 120P/Mueller's provisional designation is recorded as 120P/1987 U2[8].
  • 120P/Mueller's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 XXXI[9].
  • 120P/Mueller's provisional designation is recorded as 120P/1987a1[10].
  • 120P/Mueller's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-10-18T00:00:00Z[11].
  • 120P/Mueller's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bd8y0[12].
  • 120P/Mueller's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000116[13].
  • 120P/Mueller's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3365387805794772'}[14].
  • 120P/Mueller's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.6'}[15].
  • 120P/Mueller's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.79119538756936'}[16].
  • 120P/Mueller's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3071.981782810144'}[17].
  • 120P/Mueller's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.442766953653403'}[18].
  • 120P/Mueller's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.135678841937248'}[19].
  • 120P/Mueller's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.527495156271154'}[20].
  • 120P/Mueller's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.743862527603342'}[21].
  • 120P/Mueller's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+30.00802529800133'}[22].
  • 120P/Mueller's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+125.5745378069671'}[23].
  • 120P/Mueller's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+3.0'}[24].
  • 120P/Mueller's NAIF ID is recorded as 1000116[25].
  • 120P/Mueller's epoch is recorded as September 6, 2007[26].
  • 120P/Mueller's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2453277.9369652006'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

120P/Mueller is credited with the discovery of Jean Mueller[3].

Why It Matters

120P/Mueller has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . naif.jpl.nasa.gov. naif.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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