271P/van Houten–Lemmon

Summary

271P/van Houten–Lemmon is a periodic comet^[1]. It draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #28 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[4].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[5].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[6].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's provisional designation is recorded as 271P/2012 TB36^[7].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's provisional designation is recorded as 271P/1960 S1^[8].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's provisional designation is recorded as 1961 X^[9].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[10].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gkzssf^[11].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000103^[12].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3906713240101973'}^[13].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.2'}^[14].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.856106929884731'}^[15].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+6727.549322247873'}^[16].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.590375352854114'}^[17].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+6.974380579663234'}^[18].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+9.699071074871277'}^[19].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.249690084455191'}^[20].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+35.08845716367335'}^[21].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+344.8806467038852'}^[22].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's NAIF ID is recorded as 1000103^[23].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's epoch is recorded as September 26, 2012^[24].
• 271P/van Houten–Lemmon's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456479.044986167'}^[25].

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Works and Contributions

271P/van Houten–Lemmon is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].

Why It Matters

271P/van Houten–Lemmon draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #28 of 183).^[2]