178P/Hug-Bell

Summary

178P/Hug-Bell is a periodic comet^[1]. 178P/Hug-Bell draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 178P/Hug-Bell is credited with the discovery of Gary Hug^[3].
• 178P/Hug-Bell is credited with the discovery of Graham E. Bell^[4].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's image is recorded as 178P 2021-01-07 image ZTF-sso-615-zg-size-5.6arcmin.png^[5].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[7].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's provisional designation is recorded as 178P/2006 O1^[9].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's provisional designation is recorded as 178P/1999 X1^[10].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-12-10T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0263gz7^[12].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000283^[13].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4729919523404931'}^[14].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[15].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.97529382676345'}^[16].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2567.463684666904'}^[17].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+103.5748531955486'}^[18].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.669474902953501'}^[19].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.405107001365918'}^[20].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.933842804541083'}^[21].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+296.9463255581147'}^[22].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+325.6448200596468'}^[23].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's epoch is recorded as November 20, 2012^[24].
• 178P/Hug-Bell's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456496.515769103'}^[25].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Gary Hug^[3], an astronomer^[26], b. 1950^[27], of United States^[28], specialised in astronomy^[29] and Graham E. Bell^[4], an astronomer^[30], b. 2000^[31], of United States^[32].

Why It Matters

178P/Hug-Bell draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).^[2] 178P/Hug-Bell has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33]