51P/Harrington

Summary

51P/Harrington is a periodic comet^[1]. 51P/Harrington draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 51P/Harrington is credited with the discovery of Robert G. Harrington^[3].
• 51P/Harrington's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[4].
• 51P/Harrington's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[5].
• 51P/Harrington's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 51P/Harrington's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 51P/Harrington's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 XXII^[8].
• 51P/Harrington's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 XXVIII^[9].
• 51P/Harrington's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 XIV^[10].
• 51P/Harrington's provisional designation is recorded as 51P/1960 P1^[11].
• 51P/Harrington's provisional designation is recorded as 1960 VII^[12].
• 51P/Harrington's provisional designation is recorded as 51P/1953 P1^[13].
• 51P/Harrington's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 VI^[14].
• 51P/Harrington's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1953-08-14T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 51P/Harrington's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nb215b^[16].
• 51P/Harrington's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000038^[17].
• 51P/Harrington's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5420451652003949'}^[18].
• 51P/Harrington's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.6'}^[19].
• 51P/Harrington's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.423651904070583'}^[20].
• 51P/Harrington's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2610.341793722303'}^[21].
• 51P/Harrington's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+83.71771047129802'}^[22].
• 51P/Harrington's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.710216905850907'}^[23].
• 51P/Harrington's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.721322041512161'}^[24].
• 51P/Harrington's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.699111770189654'}^[25].
• 51P/Harrington's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+269.1635641515291'}^[26].
• 51P/Harrington's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+93.58618630108593'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

51P/Harrington is credited with the discovery of Robert G. Harrington^[3].

Why It Matters

51P/Harrington draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 183).^[2] 51P/Harrington has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]