26P/Grigg–Skjellerup

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]