226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski

Summary

226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski is a periodic comet^[1]. 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #30 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski is credited with the discovery of Edward Pigott^[3].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[4].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[5].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[6].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's provisional designation is recorded as 226P/2009 R2^[7].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's provisional designation is recorded as 226P/2003 A1^[8].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's provisional designation is recorded as 226P/1783 W1^[9].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 19, 1783^[10].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5286228171408904'}^[11].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.7'}^[12].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's orbital inclination is recorded as {'amount': '+44.00471123256822'}^[13].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's orbital period is recorded as {'amount': '+2672.568114848326'}^[14].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'amount': '+54.00633316865455'}^[15].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'amount': '+3.768948795765161'}^[16].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's apoapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+5.761301125842307'}^[17].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's periapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+1.776596465688015'}^[18].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+341.1141672635328'}^[19].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's mean anomaly is recorded as {'amount': '+66.67045579861252'}^[20].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's epoch is recorded as January 13, 2018^[21].
• 226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski's time of periapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+2457636.5518489727'}^[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include periodic comet^[4] and Jupiter-family comet^[5].

Why It Matters

226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #30 of 183).^[2]