221P/LINEAR

Summary

221P/LINEAR is a periodic comet^[1]. 221P/LINEAR has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 221P/LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 221P/LINEAR's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[4].
• 221P/LINEAR's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[5].
• 221P/LINEAR's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[6].
• 221P/LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 221P/2009 L1^[7].
• 221P/LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 221P/2002 JN16^[8].
• 221P/LINEAR's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-05-09T00:00:00Z^[9].
• 221P/LINEAR's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000393^[10].
• 221P/LINEAR's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4875755469259206'}^[11].
• 221P/LINEAR's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[12].
• 221P/LINEAR's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.4310213354906'}^[13].
• 221P/LINEAR's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2364.275244960616'}^[14].
• 221P/LINEAR's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+229.9893142511343'}^[15].
• 221P/LINEAR's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.473226229189355'}^[16].
• 221P/LINEAR's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.166686407483807'}^[17].
• 221P/LINEAR's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.779766050894902'}^[18].
• 221P/LINEAR's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+39.51118146647588'}^[19].
• 221P/LINEAR's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+140.9445910063999'}^[20].
• 221P/LINEAR's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121t5sg8^[21].
• 221P/LINEAR's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Comet", "Comet221PLINEAR"]^[22].
• 221P/LINEAR's epoch is recorded as August 8, 2011^[23].
• 221P/LINEAR's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2454855.856090479'}^[24].

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Works and Contributions

221P/LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].

Why It Matters

221P/LINEAR has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]