138P/Shoemaker–Levy

Summary

138P/Shoemaker–Levy is a Jupiter-family comet^[1]. 138P/Shoemaker–Levy draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (jupiter_family_comet category, ranking #6 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy is credited with the discovery of David H. Levy^[5].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's part of is recorded as outer Solar System^[7].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 138P/1998 O1^[9].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 138P/1991 V2^[10].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 XIX^[11].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 138P/1991d1^[12].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-11-13T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bk2p6^[14].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000137^[15].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5294518760783127'}^[16].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.7'}^[17].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.07952060977841'}^[18].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2524.398751946602'}^[19].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+309.4417698756743'}^[20].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.628326437681936'}^[21].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.549350677137179'}^[22].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.707302198226694'}^[23].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+95.64910660338207'}^[24].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.860581634597394'}^[25].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's epoch is recorded as August 30, 2005^[26].
• 138P/Shoemaker–Levy's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2453571.4043195443'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1929–2021^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32]; Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4], an astronomer^[33], 1928–1997^[34], of United States^[35], awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal^[36], specialised in geology^[37]; and David H. Levy^[5], an astronomer^[38], b. 1948^[39], of United States^[40], specialised in astronomy^[41].

Why It Matters

138P/Shoemaker–Levy draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (jupiter_family_comet category, ranking #6 of 8).^[2] 138P/Shoemaker–Levy has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] 138P/Shoemaker–Levy is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]