26P/Grigg–Skjellerup

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Summary

26P/Grigg–Skjellerup is a Jupiter-family comet[1]. 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (jupiter_family_comet category, ranking #3 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup is credited with the discovery of Jean-Louis Pons[3].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup is credited with the discovery of Frank Skjellerup[4].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup is credited with the discovery of John Grigg[5].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's image is recorded as Grigg-Skjellerup Eso9209a.jpg[6].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[7].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[8].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Thames[9].
  • John Grigg is named after 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup[10].
  • Frank Skjellerup is named after 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup[11].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's follows is recorded as 25D/Neujmin[12].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's followed by is recorded as 27P/Crommelin[13].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh93006807[14].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's Commons category is recorded as 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup[15].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[16].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 XVIII[17].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1986m[18].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 IV[19].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1977b[20].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 II[21].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1966f[22].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1961g[23].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 I[24].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 II[25].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1942d[26].
  • 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup's provisional designation is recorded as 1937 III[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Jean-Louis Pons[3], an astronomer[28], 1761–1831[29], of Kingdom of France[30], awarded the Lalande Prize[31], specialised in astronomy[32]; Frank Skjellerup[4], an astronomer[33], 1875–1952[34], of Australia[35]; and John Grigg[5], an astronomer[36], 1838–1920[37], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[38].

Why It Matters

26P/Grigg–Skjellerup draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (jupiter_family_comet category, ranking #3 of 8).[2] 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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