238P/Read

Summary

238P/Read is a periodic comet^[1]. 238P/Read draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 238P/Read is credited with the discovery of Michael T. Read^[3].
• 238P/Read's image is recorded as Comet 238P Read (NIRCam Image).png^[4].
• 238P/Read's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 238P/Read's instance of is recorded as Encke-type comet^[6].
• 238P/Read's Commons category is recorded as 238P/Read^[7].
• 238P/Read's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 238P/Read's provisional designation is recorded as 238P/2010 N2^[9].
• 238P/Read's provisional designation is recorded as 238P/2005 U1^[10].
• 238P/Read's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2005-10-24T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 238P/Read's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g57lgz^[12].
• 238P/Read's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001676^[13].
• 238P/Read's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.25277'}^[14].
• 238P/Read's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2516735866235366'}^[15].
• 238P/Read's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.3'}^[16].
• 238P/Read's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.2662'}^[17].
• 238P/Read's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.264089419791343'}^[18].
• 238P/Read's temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+184'}^[19].
• 238P/Read's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2057.81014215325'}^[20].
• 238P/Read's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+51.62539799887467'}^[21].
• 238P/Read's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.166196887709461'}^[22].
• 238P/Read's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.96304501439558'}^[23].
• 238P/Read's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.369348761023342'}^[24].
• 238P/Read's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+324.2068695211759'}^[25].
• 238P/Read's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.76866222755267'}^[26].
• 238P/Read's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+0.6'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

238P/Read is credited with the discovery of Michael T. Read^[3].

Why It Matters

238P/Read draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).^[2] 238P/Read has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]