161P/Hartley–IRAS

Summary

161P/Hartley–IRAS is a periodic comet^[1]. 161P/Hartley–IRAS draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #27 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 161P/Hartley–IRAS is credited with the discovery of Malcolm Hartley^[3].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS is credited with the discovery of IRAS^[4].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's instance of is recorded as Halley-type comet^[6].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[7].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's provisional designation is recorded as 161P/2004 V2^[9].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's provisional designation is recorded as 161P/1983 V1^[10].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 III^[11].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's provisional designation is recorded as 1983v^[12].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-11-04T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bmqsq^[14].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000042^[15].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8350880971909477'}^[16].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.5'}^[17].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+95.69805019936666'}^[18].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+7850.52175672687'}^[19].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.398165371226708'}^[20].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+7.730366119265318'}^[21].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+14.18590285239196'}^[22].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.274829386138673'}^[23].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+47.09145237546669'}^[24].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+343.8652517154134'}^[25].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's NAIF ID is recorded as 1000042^[26].
• 161P/Hartley–IRAS's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 161P^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Malcolm Hartley^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1947^[29], of Australia^[30] and IRAS^[4], a space telescope^[31].

Why It Matters

161P/Hartley–IRAS draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #27 of 183).^[2] 161P/Hartley–IRAS has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32]