52P/Harrington–Abell

Summary

52P/Harrington–Abell is a periodic comet^[1]. 52P/Harrington–Abell draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 52P/Harrington–Abell is credited with the discovery of Robert G. Harrington^[3].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell is credited with the discovery of George O. Abell^[4].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's image is recorded as Comet 52P Harrington-Abell 2MASS.jpg^[5].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[7].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 X^[9].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 XVII^[10].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 VIII^[11].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's provisional designation is recorded as 1968i^[12].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's provisional designation is recorded as 52P/1962 B1^[13].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's provisional designation is recorded as 1962a^[14].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's provisional designation is recorded as 52P/1955 F1^[15].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 XIII^[16].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1955-03-22T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b3n4n^[18].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000039^[19].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.540048863643431'}^[20].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.8'}^[21].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.23176237340895'}^[22].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2769.160294246187'}^[23].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+336.8356805332962'}^[24].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.859222154814254'}^[25].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.943390694069245'}^[26].
• 52P/Harrington–Abell's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.775053615559263'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Robert G. Harrington^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1904–1987^[29], of United States^[30], specialised in astronomy^[31] and George O. Abell^[4], an astronomer^[32], 1927–1983^[33], of United States^[34], awarded the Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry^[35], specialised in astrophysics^[36].

Why It Matters

52P/Harrington–Abell draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 183).^[2] 52P/Harrington–Abell has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37]