192P/Shoemaker–Levy

Summary

192P/Shoemaker–Levy is a periodic comet^[1]. 192P/Shoemaker–Levy draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #28 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy is credited with the discovery of David H. Levy^[3].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[4].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[5].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[7].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 192P/2007 T3^[9].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 192P/1990 V1^[10].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 XV^[11].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-11-15T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000125^[13].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7740800338485342'}^[14].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.1'}^[15].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.56930100022372'}^[16].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+6004.063492111647'}^[17].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+51.66440242999915'}^[18].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+6.464941006237808'}^[19].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+11.46932275917515'}^[20].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.460559253300469'}^[21].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+312.7842038623888'}^[22].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+342.5373667700639'}^[23].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121ngrzf^[24].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's NAIF ID is recorded as 1000125^[25].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 192P^[26].
• 192P/Shoemaker–Levy's epoch is recorded as March 1, 2007^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include David H. Levy^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1948^[29], of United States^[30], specialised in astronomy^[31]; Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[4], an astronomer^[32], 1929–2021^[33], of United States^[34], awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal^[35], specialised in astronomy^[36]; and Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[5], an astronomer^[37], 1928–1997^[38], of United States^[39], awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal^[40], specialised in geology^[41].

Why It Matters

192P/Shoemaker–Levy draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #28 of 183).^[2] 192P/Shoemaker–Levy has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] 192P/Shoemaker–Levy is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]