29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann

Summary

29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann is a periodic comet^[1]. 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann ranks in the top 5% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann is credited with the discovery of Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann^[3].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's image is recorded as 29P Schwassmann Wachmann.jpg^[4].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85118528^[7].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's Commons category is recorded as Comet Schwassman-Wachmann 1^[8].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 XV^[10].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 II^[11].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 IV^[12].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1941 VI^[13].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 29P/1927 V1^[14].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1925 II^[15].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1908 IV^[16].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 29P/1902 E1^[17].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1927-11-15T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029m4_^[19].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000079^[20].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04475336041950449'}^[21].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Comet-Schwassmann-Wachmann-1^[22].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.1'}^[23].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.36406979103401'}^[24].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+5431.578505464853'}^[25].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+312.3941494996202'}^[26].
• 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+6.047164127987322'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann is credited with the discovery of Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann^[3].

Why It Matters

29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann ranks in the top 5% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).^[2] 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]