57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte

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57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte
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57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte

Summary

57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte is a periodic comet[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).[2]

Key Facts

  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte is credited with the discovery of Daniel du Toit[3].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte is credited with the discovery of Grigory Neujmin[4].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte is credited with the discovery of Eugène Joseph Delporte[5].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's image is recorded as 57P 2015-06-13 NEOWISE image 3-color.png[6].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's instance of is recorded as periodic comet[7].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet[8].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Royal Observatory of Belgium[9].
  • Daniel du Toit is named after 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte[10].
  • Grigory Neujmin is named after 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte[11].
  • Eugène Joseph Delporte is named after 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte[12].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[13].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1941-07-18T00:00:00Z[14].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02t25v[15].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000023[16].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.499810044289089'}[17].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.8'}[18].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.848602227225731'}[19].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2340.59299244573'}[20].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+188.8087734958779'}[21].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.449993808898966'}[22].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.174335367321841'}[23].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.725652250476091'}[24].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+115.131733625689'}[25].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+155.4202729567873'}[26].
  • 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte's NAIF ID is recorded as 1000023[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Daniel du Toit[3], an astronomer[28], 1871–1959[29], of South Africa[30]; Grigory Neujmin[4], an astronomer[31], 1885–1946[32], of Russian Empire[33], awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour[34]; and Eugène Joseph Delporte[5], an astronomer[35], 1882–1955[36], of Belgium[37].

Why It Matters

57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . naif.jpl.nasa.gov. naif.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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