20D/Westphal

Summary

20D/Westphal is a periodic comet^[1]. 20D/Westphal draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #30 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20D/Westphal is credited with the discovery of J. G. Westphal^[3].
• 20D/Westphal's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[4].
• 20D/Westphal's instance of is recorded as Halley-type comet^[5].
• 20D/Westphal's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 20D/Westphal's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 20D/Westphal's provisional designation is recorded as 20D/1913 S1^[8].
• 20D/Westphal's provisional designation is recorded as 1913d^[9].
• 20D/Westphal's provisional designation is recorded as 20D/1852 O1^[10].
• 20D/Westphal's provisional designation is recorded as 1852 IV^[11].
• 20D/Westphal's provisional designation is recorded as 1913 VI^[12].
• 20D/Westphal's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1852-07-24T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 20D/Westphal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dp4n6^[14].
• 20D/Westphal's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000212^[15].
• 20D/Westphal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.919831188993609'}^[16].
• 20D/Westphal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.8'}^[17].
• 20D/Westphal's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+40.8900610587027'}^[18].
• 20D/Westphal's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+22596.60517891492'}^[19].
• 20D/Westphal's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+348.0064469311446'}^[20].
• 20D/Westphal's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+15.6421524304176'}^[21].
• 20D/Westphal's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+30.03029209890796'}^[22].
• 20D/Westphal's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.2540127619273'}^[23].
• 20D/Westphal's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+57.08095497141959'}^[24].
• 20D/Westphal's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+359.7165728186091'}^[25].
• 20D/Westphal's epoch is recorded as 18 Aban 1292^[26].
• 20D/Westphal's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2420098.2902558744'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

20D/Westphal is credited with the discovery of J. G. Westphal^[3].

Why It Matters

20D/Westphal draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #30 of 183).^[2] 20D/Westphal has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] 20D/Westphal is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]