36P/Whipple

Summary

36P/Whipple is a quasi-Hilda comet^[1]. 36P/Whipple draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (quasi_hilda_comet category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• 36P/Whipple is credited with the discovery of Fred Lawrence Whipple^[3].
• 36P/Whipple's image is recorded as 36P 2020-11-21 image ZTF-sso-455-zg-size-6.4arcmin.png^[4].
• 36P/Whipple's instance of is recorded as quasi-Hilda comet^[5].
• 36P/Whipple's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 36P/Whipple's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[7].
• 36P/Whipple's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Harvard College Observatory^[8].
• 36P/Whipple's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1993n^[10].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1985h^[11].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VIII^[12].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1970 XIV^[13].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1962f^[14].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 VI^[15].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 36P/1940 R1^[16].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1941 III^[17].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 36P/1933 U1^[18].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1933f^[19].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 36P/1925 QD^[20].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1926 VIII^[21].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 XXXII^[22].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 XII^[23].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1969c^[24].
• 36P/Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1933 IV^[25].
• 36P/Whipple's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1933-10-15T00:00:00Z^[26].
• 36P/Whipple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b3ftt^[27].

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Works and Contributions

36P/Whipple is credited with the discovery of Fred Lawrence Whipple^[3].

Why It Matters

36P/Whipple draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (quasi_hilda_comet category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2] 36P/Whipple has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]