143P/Kowal–Mrkos

Summary

143P/Kowal–Mrkos is a periodic comet^[1]. 143P/Kowal–Mrkos draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal^[3].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos is credited with the discovery of Antonín Mrkos^[4].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's provisional designation is recorded as 143P/2000 ET90^[8].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's provisional designation is recorded as 143P/1984 JD^[9].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's provisional designation is recorded as 143P/1984 H1^[10].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's provisional designation is recorded as 1984n^[11].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 X^[12].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1984-04-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bkrlv^[14].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000057^[15].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4089639085706872'}^[16].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[17].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.690152338629917'}^[18].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3253.846328420033'}^[19].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+245.317451777343'}^[20].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.297333652062668'}^[21].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+6.054788018842562'}^[22].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.539879285282774'}^[23].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+320.7795266456475'}^[24].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+190.0955672622657'}^[25].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's NAIF ID is recorded as 1000057^[26].
• 143P/Kowal–Mrkos's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Comet", "Comet143PKowalMrkos"]^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Charles T. Kowal^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1940–2011^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the James Craig Watson Medal^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32] and Antonín Mrkos^[4], an astronomer^[33], 1918–1996^[34], of Czech Republic^[35], specialised in astronomy^[36].

Why It Matters

143P/Kowal–Mrkos draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).^[2] 143P/Kowal–Mrkos has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37]