153P/Ikeya–Zhang

Summary

153P/Ikeya–Zhang is a periodic comet^[1]. 153P/Ikeya–Zhang ranks in the top 3% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang is credited with the discovery of Kaoru Ikeya^[3].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang is credited with the discovery of Zhang Daqing^[4].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's image is recorded as Comet-Ikeya-Zhang.jpeg^[5].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• Zhang Daqing is named after 153P/Ikeya–Zhang^[7].
• Kaoru Ikeya is named after 153P/Ikeya–Zhang^[8].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's Commons category is recorded as Comet Ikeya-Zhang^[9].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's provisional designation is recorded as 153P/2002 C1^[11].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-02-01T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09hz32^[13].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000374^[14].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9900806570176691'}^[15].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.0'}^[16].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+28.1209574068563'}^[17].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+133498.3987766448'}^[18].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+93.36945661875394'}^[19].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+51.1193221677278'}^[20].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+101.7315742458496'}^[21].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.5070700896059622'}^[22].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+34.66817865742473'}^[23].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.134886581151805'}^[24].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Ikeya-Zhang^[25].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 153P^[26].
• 153P/Ikeya–Zhang's epoch is recorded as May 8, 2002^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Kaoru Ikeya^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1943^[29], of Japan^[30] and Zhang Daqing^[4], an astronomer^[31], b. 1969^[32], of People's Republic of China^[33].

Why It Matters

153P/Ikeya–Zhang ranks in the top 3% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).^[2] 153P/Ikeya–Zhang has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] 153P/Ikeya–Zhang is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]