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47P/Ashbrook–Jackson

comet
Thing periodic_comet Q2537707

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
periodic comet, Jupiter-family comet[4]
Absolute magnitude
12.0[18]
Apoapsis
5.425129728118865
Argument of periapsis
357.8423357451096
Diameter
5.6
Discoverer or inventor
Joseph Ashbrook, Cyril V. Jackson[2][3]
Epoch
April 15, 2011
Longitude of ascending node
356.9846339717133[22]
Mean anomaly
94.81441264671139
Orbital eccentricity
0.318835724884545[17]
Orbital inclination
13.05253727504212[19]
Orbital period
3047.38667397065[20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[5]
Periapsis
2.802020364579447
Provisional designation
1993 XIII, 1986 II, 1978 XIV, 1963 VI, 47P/1955 H1, 1955c, 47P/1948 Q1, 1948 IX, 1977g, 1948i[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Rotation period
15.6[21]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
4.113575046349156
Time of discovery or invention
August 26, 1948[16]
Time of periapsis
2454863.8995066667
🏷️ Also known as
en 47P/Ashbrook–Jackson cs 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson ja アシュブルック・ジャクソン彗星 ru Комета Ашбрука — Джексона zh 47p / 阿什布鲁克- 杰克逊彗星
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Comet Ashbrook-Jackson U65z0901r c0f.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0b3gw6
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
1000003
Minor Planet Center body ID
47P
NAIF ID
1000003

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Cyril V. Jackson, Joseph Ashbrook
Instance of 2
periodic comet, Jupiter-family comet
Epoch 1
April 15, 2011
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
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Summary

47P/Ashbrook–Jackson is a periodic comet[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Joseph Ashbrook[2], an astronomer[23], 1918–1980[24], of United States[25] and Cyril V. Jackson[3], an astronomer[26], 1903–1988[27], of South Africa[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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