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222P/LINEAR

Summary

222P/LINEAR is a periodic comet[1]. 222P/LINEAR has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 222P/LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3].
  • 222P/LINEAR's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[4].
  • 222P/LINEAR's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[5].
  • 222P/LINEAR's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[6].
  • 222P/LINEAR's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • 222P/LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 222P/2009 MB9[8].
  • 222P/LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 222P/2004 X1[9].
  • 222P/LINEAR's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2004-12-07T00:00:00Z[10].
  • 222P/LINEAR's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dd394h[11].
  • 222P/LINEAR's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000530[12].
  • 222P/LINEAR's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7268241441104772'}[13].
  • 222P/LINEAR's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.3'}[14].
  • 222P/LINEAR's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.146523755949469'}[15].
  • 222P/LINEAR's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1764.276371623075'}[16].
  • 222P/LINEAR's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.132797132343198'}[17].
  • 222P/LINEAR's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.857451014258531'}[18].
  • 222P/LINEAR's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.934315402034603'}[19].
  • 222P/LINEAR's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7805866264824591'}[20].
  • 222P/LINEAR's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+345.4267483330132'}[21].
  • 222P/LINEAR's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+267.1227145852772'}[22].
  • 222P/LINEAR's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Comet", "Comet222PLINEAR"][23].
  • 222P/LINEAR's epoch is recorded as June 3, 2008[24].
  • 222P/LINEAR's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2455075.670000327'}[25].

Body

Works and Contributions

222P/LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3].

Why It Matters

222P/LINEAR has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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