140P/Bowell–Skiff

Summary

140P/Bowell–Skiff is a periodic comet^[1]. 140P/Bowell–Skiff draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 140P/Bowell–Skiff is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff is credited with the discovery of Brian A. Skiff^[4].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's provisional designation is recorded as 140P/1998 X2^[8].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's provisional designation is recorded as 140P/1983 C1^[9].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's provisional designation is recorded as 1983c^[10].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-02-11T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000006^[12].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.691761661370916'}^[13].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.5'}^[14].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.83582756854885'}^[15].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+5910.010244898941'}^[16].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+343.4564572071254'}^[17].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+6.39724825593164'}^[18].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+10.8226193376571'}^[19].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.97187717420617'}^[20].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+173.0867710151257'}^[21].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.437851279495995'}^[22].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120wx8n3^[23].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's NAIF ID is recorded as 1000006^[24].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's epoch is recorded as May 22, 1999^[25].
• 140P/Bowell–Skiff's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2451313.3119290345'}^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Edward L. G. Bowell^[3], an astronomer^[27], 1943–2023^[28], of United States^[29], specialised in astronomy^[30] and Brian A. Skiff^[4], an astronomer^[31], b. 2000^[32], of United States^[33], specialised in astronomy^[34].

Why It Matters

140P/Bowell–Skiff draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 183).^[2] 140P/Bowell–Skiff has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35]