139P/Väisälä–Oterma
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139P/Väisälä–Oterma
Summary
139P/Väisälä–Oterma is a periodic comet[1]. 139P/Väisälä–Oterma draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).[2]
Key Facts
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma is credited with the discovery of Yrjö Väisälä[3].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma is credited with the discovery of Liisi Oterma[4].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[5].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[6].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's provisional designation is recorded as 139P/1998 WG22[8].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's provisional designation is recorded as 139P/1939 TN[9].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1939-10-07T00:00:00Z[10].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bk2yw[11].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000238[12].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2475258895835873'}[13].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.2'}[14].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.328730212472332'}[15].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3512.682716197136'}[16].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+242.3775854441777'}[17].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.522310018781327'}[18].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.641698829152944'}[19].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.40292120840971'}[20].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+165.7253966892989'}[21].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+96.29128772402149'}[22].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's epoch is recorded as November 16, 2010[23].
- 139P/Väisälä–Oterma's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2454576.942383032'}[24].
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Works and Contributions
Credited discoveries include Yrjö Väisälä[3], an astronomer[25], 1891–1971[26], of Finland[27], awarded the Cross of Liberty, 2nd Class[28] and Liisi Oterma[4], an astronomer[29], 1915–2001[30], of Finland[31], awarded the Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland[32], specialised in astronomy[33].
Why It Matters
139P/Väisälä–Oterma draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).[2] 139P/Väisälä–Oterma has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]