138P/Shoemaker–Levy
particular periodic comet in the solar system
Facts
18 properties- Instance of
- Jupiter-family comet
- Part of
- outer Solar System[5]
- Absolute magnitude
- 16.7[13]
- Apoapsis
- 5.549350677137179[18]
- Argument of periapsis
- 95.64910660338207[20]
- Discoverer or inventor
- Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, David H. Levy[2][3][4]
- Epoch
- August 30, 2005[22]
- Longitude of ascending node
- 309.4417698756743[16]
- Mean anomaly
- 5.860581634597394[21]
- Orbital eccentricity
- 0.5294518760783127[12]
- Orbital inclination
- 10.07952060977841[14]
- Orbital period
- 2524.398751946602[15]
- Periapsis
- 1.707302198226694[19]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit
- 3.628326437681936[17]
- Time of discovery or invention
- November 13, 1991[11]
- Time of periapsis
- 2453571.4043195443[23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Shoemaker-Levy 7
en 138P/Shoemaker–Levy
en 1991 XIX
en 1998 O1
cs 138P/Shoemaker-Levy 7
it Shoemaker-Levy 7
pl 138P/Shoemaker-Levy
zh 138P/舒梅克-李維
🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 3
Epoch 1
Instance of 1
Parent astronomical body 1
Part of 1
← Child astronomical body 1
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Summary
138P/Shoemaker–Levy is a Jupiter-family comet[1].
Body
Works and Contributions
Credited discoveries include Carolyn S. Shoemaker[2], an astronomer[24], 1929–2021[25], of United States[26], awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal[27], specialised in astronomy[28]; Eugene Merle Shoemaker[3], an astronomer[29], 1928–1997[30], of United States[31], awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal[32], specialised in geology[33]; and David H. Levy[4], an astronomer[34], b. 1948[35], of United States[36], specialised in astronomy[37].