137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2

Summary

137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 is a periodic comet^[1].

Key Facts

• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 is credited with the discovery of David H. Levy^[2].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's provisional designation is recorded as 137P/1998 K6^[8].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's provisional designation is recorded as 137P/1990 UL3^[9].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's provisional designation is recorded as 1990p^[10].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 XVI^[11].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-10-25T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000126^[13].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5720565585180254'}^[14].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[15].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.850374250887996'}^[16].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3507.33535104173'}^[17].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.7'}^[18].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+233.0733175603688'}^[19].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.517719304757644'}^[20].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+7.102110262587749'}^[21].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.93332834692754'}^[22].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+140.9894370953711'}^[23].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+246.3651197475854'}^[24].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5.8'}^[25].
• 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120tb5dh^[26].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include David H. Levy^[2], an astronomer^[27], b. 1948^[28], of United States^[29], specialised in astronomy^[30]; Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3], an astronomer^[31], 1929–2021^[32], of United States^[33], awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal^[34], specialised in astronomy^[35]; and Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4], an astronomer^[36], 1928–1997^[37], of United States^[38], awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal^[39], specialised in geology^[40].