121P/Shoemaker-Holt

Summary

121P/Shoemaker-Holt is a periodic comet^[1]. 121P/Shoemaker-Holt draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt is credited with the discovery of Henry E. Holt^[3].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[4].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[5].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's image is recorded as 121P 2006-08-01 Spitzer image Level-2-PBCD-MIPS-24um.png^[6].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[7].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[8].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's provisional designation is recorded as 121P/1995 Q3^[10].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's provisional designation is recorded as 121P/1989 E2^[11].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's provisional designation is recorded as 1989j^[12].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 XI^[13].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-03-09T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bdfcm^[15].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000141^[16].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3406038298142783'}^[17].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.0'}^[18].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.82702553259715'}^[19].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2946.166484590266'}^[20].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+99.09927639087128'}^[21].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.021973812676748'}^[22].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.391873496687183'}^[23].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.652074128666313'}^[24].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.391217241062686'}^[25].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+96.76248090532613'}^[26].
• 121P/Shoemaker-Holt's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+3.24'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Henry E. Holt^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1929–2019^[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

121P/Shoemaker-Holt draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 183).^[2] 121P/Shoemaker-Holt has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42]