255P/Levy

Summary

255P/Levy is a periodic comet^[1]. 255P/Levy draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #24 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 255P/Levy is credited with the discovery of David H. Levy^[3].
• 255P/Levy's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[4].
• 255P/Levy's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[5].
• 255P/Levy's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 255P/Levy's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 255P/Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 255P/2011 Y1^[8].
• 255P/Levy's provisional designation is recorded as 255P/2006 T1^[9].
• 255P/Levy's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-10-02T00:00:00Z^[10].
• 255P/Levy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gkyk11^[11].
• 255P/Levy's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1002422^[12].
• 255P/Levy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6720097835717624'}^[13].
• 255P/Levy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.5'}^[14].
• 255P/Levy's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.33304278569389'}^[15].
• 255P/Levy's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1921.25995359411'}^[16].
• 255P/Levy's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+279.7800482749129'}^[17].
• 255P/Levy's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.024533986985813'}^[18].
• 255P/Levy's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.057050416985589'}^[19].
• 255P/Levy's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9920175569860369'}^[20].
• 255P/Levy's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+179.5929552438922'}^[21].
• 255P/Levy's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+82.56119098281414'}^[22].
• 255P/Levy's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 255P^[23].
• 255P/Levy's epoch is recorded as December 22, 2007^[24].
• 255P/Levy's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2454015.884694566'}^[25].

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Works and Contributions

255P/Levy is credited with the discovery of David H. Levy^[3].

Why It Matters

255P/Levy draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #24 of 183).^[2] 255P/Levy has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]